SEPTEMBER & OCTOBER EVENTS 

TULIP TIME in BOWRAL

25th September to 8th October 2008

SHINES LIGHT AND COLOUR ON DEPRESSION AND MENTAL ILLNESS

Tulip Time is one of Australia’s oldest and most famous flora festivals. The Southern Highlands is bursting with fragrance and colour, buzzing with activity during Tulip Time; the most beautiful time to visit the Southern Highlands.  Corbett Gardens has a visual extravaganza of tulips and annuals that take over 12 months to plan and prepare for your enjoyment throughout the festival.

The Southern Highlands is home to some of Australia’s best private gardens that are opened for your enjoyment throughout Tulip Time.

This year we are privileged to have Maggie Tabberer, media personality and local Southern Highlands’ resident as our Tulip Time 2008 Ambassador.

Tulip Time supports various charities each year, this year Tulip Time is supporting depression and mental illness as its key theme and has partnered with the Black Dog Institute to promote its cause. The Black Dog institute takes its name from Winston Churchill’s reference to his own melancholic depression which he termed his ‘black dog’.  Don’t miss the two spectacular themed gardens in Corbett Gardens, not in paint but in masses of tulips depicting this year’s theme.

Tulip Time has many exciting events planned this year for your enjoyment, such as:

Tulip Time Free Breakfast In The Park, The Tulip Time Food and Wine Festival,

The Tulip Time Street Parade, Tulip Time Specialist Garden Show and more..

For more information contact Tourism Southern Highlands on 1300 657 559 or visit www.tuliptime.net.au

SPRINGTIME IN ROBERTSON & Robertson Open Gardens

October 4th  to 19th  10am to 4pm

THE CASTLE 21 Illawarra Hwy Every Day 4th-26th  

THE WILLOWS Lemmon’s Rd 4-6, & 15th
                
MONTONA  4 Devonshire St  5 – 9 &12th 
 
HERITAGE RAIL GARDEN Yarronga St 7- 10th         

­­­­­­RETIREMENTS DELIGHT Lot 4 Mackey’s Lane Wed 8, 11 & 12th

LLORAN Yeola Rd 9 – 14th

ROXHAVEN  67 South St 10-12, 17-19th  

LINDEN PARK 110a Illawarra Hwy  11, 17-18th  

THE MOORINGS  Fountaindale Rd 16-18th 

DENNIS BROWN GARDEN 99 Hoddle St          

BARREN GROUNDS  Jamberoo Rd Every Day

For Garden Map and More Information:

Robertson Recollections  26 Hoddle St  48 851080 pen 6 days (Closed Wed)

Are You Going to Scarborough Fair?
Overlooking the Pacific on a cliff along the Illawarra escarpment
is the grooviest little art show of them all.
The Scarborough Public School Art and Craft Fair
is in its tenth anniversary year and still going from strength to strength.
Every October the tiny Scarborough
community around this northern Illawarra village stages this boutique event,
showcasing quality art work from the region and beyond.
Artists, including some Archibald and Wynne
nominees, love the show, because they make good sales.
Visitors love it because of the chance to pick up a quality
bargain and stock up for Christmas presents.
The show's policy is to present work of high
standard - nothing mass-produced, all hand-crafted.
Saturday and Sunday, October 11 and 12,
Scarborough Public School, Lawrence Hargrave Drive,
Scarborough (near the famous new Sea Cliff Bridge along the favourite tourist route, the Grand Pacific Drive).

  “RAILWAY STATION FAIR” October long weekend 
Saturday and Sunday 4th and 5th October 2008 – 10am-4pm
Historic CPH18 Rail Motor rides, Car Boot Sale, craft items, collectables, pre-loved items,
Aboriginal Art Exhibition in the Fettlers Shed Gallery,
Fully operational model railway, historic farm machinery on Saturday
Visit by Vintage Diesel Locomotive and also visitors to Illawarra Fly arrive by train on Sunday.
Stalls on the Village Common - A large marquee and additional smaller market tents will house local arts and crafts, specialty foods and market stalls, with additional activities outside the tents. Railway second-hand book stall.
Food to eat at the fair from snacks and drinks to full luncheon with real coffee.
History museum in the station building, historic railway artefacts
Waratah display in the station open gardens. Robertson Annual Waratah Flower show on Sunday. Waratah flowers and plants for sale. Local native plants information and sales.

Enquiries: Phone 4885 1598 or email This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it )

Lilac Festival in Goulburn
On the long weekend of the 4th Oct – 6th Oct, Goulburn, Australia’s oldest inland city, celebrates its 57th Lilac City Festival. The Festival is the longest continuous running Festival in Australia. As Goulburn welcomes Spring, most of the events are based around Belmore Park, in the centre of town.

For three days there is an abundance of events and entertainment for adults anchildren. The official opening at Belmore Park is on Saturday 29^th September at 1.30pm. Scarecrow competetion after opening. On Saturday night there is a spectacular fireworks display and entertainment.

On Sunday, the highlights are a street procession and doll, teddy bear andcraft fair. Mondays’ highlight is a Celtic day with Pipe bands, dancing and a Celtic Folk Band.

VIVA LA GONG 2008, gearing up to be the best festival yet!

October 9th – 12th sees the return of Viva la Gong, Wollongong’s annual Arts & Community Festival. This year the festival is running over four days and three nights with the City of Wollongong coming alive to the festival theme of the “The Spirit of Flight”.

If you’re from out of town, there’s no better time to pay Wollongong a visit than when Viva la Gong Festival is on. Visit the website for amazing accommodation deals over the entire festival period. Remember its still school holidays so why not take advantage of all the fantastic free children’s events, which include workshops, kite-making, story-telling, circus and more!

The Festival team have put together another enticing combination of new ideas and old favourites in fantastic settings, to satisfy and surprise audiences. Orchestral concerts, new music, exciting fusions, open air party nights, dance and theatre  will all be showcased in the centre of our diverse and cultural city … MacCabe Park, Wollongong  will be the festival hub across the entire event, whatever you are in to, you will find it here at Viva La Gong … check out the website www.vivalagongfestival.org in early August  for the full program of events.

For ticketed events, book through the festival box office, IPAC Theatre on 02 4226 3366 or online at www.ipac.org.au. Early booking and group discounts are available.
www.vivalagongfestival.org

GET INTO THE SPIRIT AND HELP CELEBRATE THE FESTIVAL OF FISHER'S GHOST

Have you seen paranormal activity? Heard things go bump in the night or seen any ghostly apparitions? Then it’s probably Campbelltown’s most famous supernatural resident - Fisher’s Ghost, getting ready to celebrate the annual Festival of Fisher’s Ghost.

This year marks the 52nd festival, that will this year be held from 30 October to 9 November.

Festival highlights that residents have come to know and love will be on again, including the carnival at Bradbury Oval, the Fisher’s Ghost Art Award, the Street Fair, the Art and Craft Exhibition, the Saturday night jukebox concert, a Ghost Tour and the Historical Coach Tour.

The festival’s program will also include events that encourage community involvement and participation, including the famous Street Parade, the Stamp Fair and the Miss Princess Quest, just to name a few.

Mayor of Campbelltown, Cr Aaron Rule, said the Festival of Fisher’s Ghost was the biggest community celebration on Council’s calendar and encouraged everyone to take part in the fun.

"The Festival of Fisher's Ghost is uniquely Campbelltown’s and is an event that offers something for everyone," Cr Rule said.

The event will also feature two spectacular fireworks displays that will be held at the carnival at Bradbury Oval on 1 and 8 November.

For more information on the Festival of Fisher’s Ghost, contact the Campbelltown Visitor Information Centre ‘Quondong’ on 4645 4921 or visit the website  www.fishersghost.com.au