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April
2006
1 Apr
Bowraville Theatre Presents: Girls on Stage
Area Bowraville
Type Theatre Production
Date Saturday 1st April 2006
Venue Bowraville Theatre
Time From 8pm
Cost Adult $20.
Contact Nambucca Visitor Information Centre (02) 6568 6954
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1 Apr
Live Jazz - The Phil Slater Quartet
Area Bellingen
Type Concert/Music
Date Saturday 1st April 2006
Venue Bellingen Golf Club
Time From 8pm
Cost Adult $20. Children free.
Phil Slater (trumpet), Matt McMahon (piano), Lloyd Swanton (bass) and Simon Barker (drums) to bring you the soothing sounds of contemporary jazz for a great evening of live entertainment.
Contact Bellingen Jazz Society on (02) 6655 1053
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1-30 Apr
Contemporary Aboriginal Art
Area Coffs Harbour
Type Art Exhibition
Date Thursday 30th March to Saturday 6th May 2006
Venue Coffs City Gallery
A survey of paintings from the artists of Mount Leibig, Spinifex, Tiwi Islands, Maningrida, Papunya Tula and Warmun. Important museum quality works from the Steve Bush Collection.
Contact Coffs City Gallery on (02) 6648 4861
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1-2 Apr
Open Garden Scheme
Area Bellingen
Type Exhibiton
Date Saturday 1 to Sunday 2 April 2006
Time 10am-4.30pm
Venue "The Rose Patch", 63 Reids Rd, Bellingen.
Ten acre garden filled with roses and daylilies Lunches and Teas available. $5 admission
Contact 1902 261 026 & press 2 for directions
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8 Apr
TaikOz - The Return of the Japanese Drums
Area Bellingen
Type Concert/Music
Date Saturday 8th April 2006
Time 8pm
Venue Bellingen Memorial Hall
Cost $45 after 12 March.
Last here in 2004, this is the 3rd time for TaikOz in Bellingen - a brand new program featuring the Amazing Japanese Drums, with all of the excitement and audio visual appeal of previous performances. Great music, superb theatre, outstanding entertainment. Special schools performance on Friday 7th April. Workshops.
Contact Dorothy Lang-Thomas - Bellingen Music Society on (02) 6655 1053 or email belljazz@midcoast.com.au
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8-9 Apr
Heritage Motor Vehicle Display
Area Coffs Harbour
Type Exhibition
Date Saturday 8th April to Sunday 9th April 2006
Venue Coffs Harbour Showground
Time 9am to 12noon
Cost Free entry
A display of heritage vehicles from across the eras, including examples of vehicle restoration.
Contact (02) 6653 6217
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8-30 Apr
Oklahoma
Area Coffs Harbour
Type Theatre/Musical
Date Saturday 8th April to Sunday 30th April 2006
Venue Jetty Memorial Theatre
Time From 8pm
Cost Adult $18. Students & groups (10+) $14. Tickets available from Crazy Rhythm Gear in the Boulevard Arcade (6651 6431)
The Coffs Harbour Musical Comedy Company Inc presents the classic Rodgers and Hammerstein musical Oklahoma!
Contact Jetty Memorial Theatre on (02) 6652 4697
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14 Apr
Junior Beach Volleyball Clinic
Area Coffs Harbour
Type Beach Volleyball
Date Friday 14th April 2006
Venue Jetty Beach Courts
Time 10am - 12.30pm
Cost $5
Current Australian champion and 3 time Olympian Julien Prosser, world renowned Australian beach volleyballers Victor Anfiloff and Stuart Jemesen along with several top Australian junior champions will host clinics at Coffs Harbour's Jetty Beach for all school aged children. Come along and learn new skills. Plenty of giveways including signed beach volleyballs, gifts and prizes.
Contact To register go to www.chva.org.au
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14 & 16 Apr
Muttonbird Island by the moon
Area Coffs Harbour
Type Discovery Tour
Date Friday 14th April & Sunday 16th April 2006
Venue Muttonbird Island
Time 6-7.30pm
Cost Child $5, Adult $10, Family $25
Enjoy an enthralling night-time walk amongst this special wedge-tailed shearwater rookery. A unique wildelife and cultural experience for the whole family under the moon.
What to bring Small torch for walking along breakwall
Contact National Parks and Wildlife Services on (02) 6652 0900 - Bookings essential!
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14-17 Apr
Verandah Post Patchworkers Easter Quilt Show
Area Nambucca Heads
Type Exhibition
Date Friday 14th April to Monday 17th April 2006
Venue Nambucca Shire Council Chambers
Time 10am to 4pm
Cost $3.00 per person
Exhibition of contemporary and traditional patchwork & quilting and other textile items, travelling exhibitions, local quilters group exhibition, viewers choice awards and a quilt raffle to aid the Volunteer Rescue Association. This is one of the largest displays of patchwork and quilting in regional NSW.
Contact Margaret Ussher on (02) 6568 1829
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14-17 Apr
Holiday Coast Hoedown
Area Coffs Harbour
Type Dance
Date Friday 14th April to Monday 17th April 2006
Venue Coffs Ex-Services Club
This year will see the 9th annual Easter Hoedown attracting around 300 line dancers from all over the country for a weekend of competition and social activities. With professional competition judges hailing from Sydney, Tamworth and Central Coast and DJ's from Newcastle this event promises to be big. All proceeds from the weekend will go to Coffs Harbour's Surf Life Saving Club 'Towers of Strength' Appeal.
Program
Fri 14 Apr - 7pm - 'Get-to-Know-You' social dance $5
Sat 15 Apr - 8am - 'Big Cooked Breakfast' $13 pp by booking only
Sat 15 Apr - 10am - Line Dance Competition $5 (spectators)
Sat 15 Apr - 7pm - Country Style 'Bling Bling' Ball $10
Sun 16 Apr - 2pm - Line Dance Workshop $5
Sun 16 Apr - 7pm - Line Dance Social $5
Mon 17 Apr - 8-11am - Farewell Breakfast/Dance at the Planto (Plantation Hotel) $5
Contact Holiday Coast Bootscooters on (02) 6568 7232
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15 Apr
Curryfest
Area Woolgoolga
Type Food Festival
Date Saturday 15th April 2006
Venue Various restaurants
Time All day
A celebration of Woolgoolga's Sihk culture and cuisine as well as representations from Germany, Thailand, Holland, England, Scotland. A program of music, dance and workshops using local artists and dance groups incorporated within a food and music festival that will also include sporting events designed to educate and entertain the community.
Contact Gordon Abbott (02) 6654 2012 or Joanne Forrest (02) 6654 0644
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15 Apr
Murray's Brews, Blues & BBQ's
Area Taylors Arm
Type Family Fun Day
Date Saturday 15th April 2006
Venue Pub With No Beer
A family fun day celebrating all that is great about Aussie craft been. 20 quality craft beers including Murray's own brewed on site will be available plus great BBQ food and top Australian blues music. Free camping available.
Contact (02) 6564 2100 or email office@pubwithnobeer.com.au
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15-16 Apr
Coffs Easter Open - Pro Beach Volleyball Tournament
Area Coffs Harbour
Type Beach Volleyball
Date Saturday 15th April to Sunday 16th April 2006
Venue Jetty Beach
Head down to the beach this Easter long weekend and check out the action of Australia's best beach volleyball competitors doing battle.
Contact Coffs Harbour Volleyball Association on 0401 057 942
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15-16 Apr
Country Music Jamboree & Talent Quest
Area Nambucca Heads
Type Concert
Date Saturday 15th April to Sunday 16th April 2006
Venue Nambucca Heads Bowling Club
Runnning over the Easter long weekend this jamboree will showcase the local talents in country music.
Program
Saturday 15 April
11am - 4pm Talent Quest
7pm Concert
Sunday 16th April
8am Bush Poets Breakfast
12-4pm Talent Quest
8pm Awards & Concert
Contact Roz White on (02) 6568 6317
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16 Apr
Bongil Bongil by canoe
Area Bonville
Type Discovery Tour
Date Sunday 16th April 2006
Venue Bongil Bongil National Park - meet at picnic area, Williams Rd, Bonville
Time 9am to 1pm
Cost $30 per person (12 years and over)
on this canoe-based tour we explore the Bonville Creek estuary to its mouth to observe the wonderful birdlife. Here's a chance to see the migratory shore birds that feed on the esturine sand-flats and lagoons.What to bring Enclosed shoes (to get wet), snack and drink
Contact National Parks and Wildlife Services on (02) 6652 0900 - Bookings Essential!
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16 & 27 Apr
Rainforest Nightstalk
Area Dorrigo
Type Discovery Tour
Date Sunday 16th April & Thursday 27th April 2006
Venue Dorrigo National Park - meet at Rainforest Centre
Time 6.30pm to 8.30pm
Cost Child $4, Adult $8, Family $20
At the end of each day the red-necked pademelons come out to feed. Soon after the possums and gliders become active. Enjoy the amience of theis magic time with Discovery Rangers to help reveal the nocturnal secrets of the rainforest.
What to bring Walking shoes, long pants and small torch
Contact National Parks and Wildlife Services on (02) 6657 2309 - Bookings essential!
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18 & 25 Apr
Rainforest Bush Foods
Area Dorrigo
Type Discovery Tour
Date Tuesday 18th April & Tuesday 25th April 2006
Venue Dorrigo National Park - meet at Rainforest Centre
Time 1-2pm
Cost Child $2, Adult $4, Family $10
Ever wanted to know which rainforest plants are good to eat? And which ones to avoid? Join Discovery Rangers to look at the products in the subtropical rainfores pantry and learn more about having your own home-grown tucker in the backyard.
What to bring Walking shoes
Contact National Parks and Wildlife Services on (02) 6657 2309
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21 Apr
PURE MAGIC of Helfgott & Fisher
Area Boambee
Type Concert
Date Friday 21st April 2006
Venue Langthorne House -175 Middle Boambee Rd, Boambee
Time 5.30pm for 6pm start
Cost $50 (limited tickets) from LJ Hookers Bellingen or Coffs Harbour.
Enjoy a 75 minute fundraising concert featuring world reknowned pianist David Helfgott with Bernadette Fisher. Bernadette is a local, newly discovered vocalist who is travelling to Europe with the Sydney Welsh Choir in 2006. Champagne and hors d'oeuvres supplied.
Contact 0408 160 408 or email anitrah@bigpond.net.au
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18 & 25 Apr
Station Creek Spotlight
Area North of Coffs Harbour
Type Discovery Tour
Date Friday 21st April 2006
Venue Station Creek Campground, Yuraygir National Park
Time 7-8.30pm
Cost Free
Explore the sights, sounds and scents of the forest around Station Creek at night. Come along on a walk with an experience Ranger and enjoy the exciting experiences of the rainforest under the cover of darkness.
What to bring Enclosed shoes and long pants
Contact National Parks and Wildlife Services on (02) 6641 1500 - Bookings essential!
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22 Apr
Back to Bowra Festival
Area Bowraville
Type Festival
Date Saturday 22 April 2006 7am-6pm
This small community with a strong heritage value and culture hosts the festival which is held in the unique Main Street of Bowraville & presents many traditional activities including The Mullins Mail Ride, The Light Horse Troop, The Grand Parade, billycart races, one armed wheelbarrow races, Gumboot Throwing, The Bowraville Business House Relay, The Tug-o-war & Whipcracking to name a few. Also included in the festivities is a Breakfast in the Park.
Contact Bernie on (02) 6564 7041
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22 & 29 Apr
Why World Heritage?
Area Dorrigo
Type Discovery Tour
Date Saturday 22nd April & Saturday 29th April 2006
Venue Dorrigo National Park - meet at Rainforest Centre
Time 11am to 12 noon
Cost Child $2, Adult $4, Family $10
Dorrigo National Park is the jewel in the crown of the Workd Heritage Central Easter Rainforest Reserves of Australia. Your Discovery Ranger will explain why these rainforests are important on a global scale and how you can help to protect them.
What to bring Walking shoes and drink.
Contact National Parks and Wildlife Services on (02) 6657 2309
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23 Apr
6th Annual Breakfast by the River
Area Nambucca Heads
Type Market/Breakfast
Date Sunday 23rd April 2006
Venue Gordon Park
'Make it, Bake it, Grow it' is the theme of this year's event with lots of local arts, creafts, produce, plants as well as breakfast of bacon & eggs, sandwiches, sausage sizzle, tea, coffee and drinks. Also, lots of live entertainment and kids activities.
Contact Beverly Casson - Valley Community Arts on (02) 6568 6429
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28 Apr
Valla Beach Nightstalk
Area Valla Beach
Type Discovery Tour
Date Friday 28th April 2006
Venue Valla Nature Reserve - meet at water tower on Valla Beach Rd
Time 6.30-8.30pm
Cost Child $4, Adult $8, Family $20
Valla Nature Reserve is an oasis for arboreal mammals such as Greater Glider and other forest dwellers. Enjyo an evening adventure in this special coastal forest reserve.
What to bring Small torch, shoes and long pants
Contact National Parks and Wildlife Services on (02) 6641 1500 - Bookings essential!
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28 Apr to 7 May
Coffs Harbour Lillipilli Art and Craft Exhibition
Area Coffs Harbour
Type Exhibition
Date Friday 28th April to Sunday 7th May 2006
Venue Norm Jordan Pavillion, Coffs Harbour Showground
Time 10am - 5pm daily
Cost Adults $5, Family $10, Children under 12 are free
Fine exhibition of local arts, fabric crafts, woodwork, photography, glasswork, sculpture, ceramics and youth art.
Contact The Woolgoolga Art Group on (02) 6656 2221
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30 Apr
Annual Family Fun Day of Music
Area Gleniffer
Type Concert/Music
Date Sunday 30th April 2005
Venue Gleniffer Hall
Time 11am to 4pm
Cost Adult $8 Children free
This popular annual event presents a musical smorgasboard of the music of Bellingen in the picturesque setting of the grounds of Gleniffer Hall. Picnic atmosphere, BYO everything.
Contact Dorothy Lang on (02) 6655 1053
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