Waratah Park Country House - Events Calendar

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Here are some of the things you can do while you are at Waratah Park

Country House, Waratah Bay - overlooking Wilsons Promontory National

Park. Some of these you could do on the way to Waratah Park Country

House, or perhaps on the way home.

We hope you find it useful in planning your time away.

Calendar of Events including….

JANUARY –JUNE 2008

JANUARY

DATE	EVENT AND LOCATION	DESCRIPTION
Ending Wednesday 2^nd	L.A.C.S. CHRISTMAS EXHIBITION LEONGATHA GALLERY, CNR MCCARTIN ST. AND MICHAEL PLACE, LEONGATHA	Weekdays 10am to 5pm. Closed Tuesday. Saturday 10am to 2pm Sunday 12noon to 4pm.Click here to visit the Leongatha Gallery Website for more information.
Friday 4^th-Saturday 5^th	FRIENDS OF CORNER INLET LIBRARY BOOK SALE COURT HOUSE, LEONGATHA	Friday 9a.m. to 4 pm. Saturday 9am to 1.30p.m. Click here to visit the Friends of Corner Inlet Library Website for more information.
Friday 4^th - Sunday 6^th	"SEADAYS" FESTIVAL - PORT WELSHPOOL PORT WELSHPOOL FERRY TERMINAL	Includes: Live coastal and marine wildlife displays. Historic photographs. Presentations on local marine protected areas. Learn about the birdlife of Corner Inlet. Indigenious art exhibition. Photographic exhibition. Horse and carriage rides. Demonstrations of fishing techniques. Local food and wine demonstrations and tasting. Coast guard display and information. Sailing boats. Coastal activities for kids. Face painting and drawing. Boat trips. Refreshments plus much more. Friday and Saturday 10am to 4pm Sunday 10.30 am to 4 pm. Lyn Lucas 03 56881292
Saturday 5^th	SANDY POINT TWILIGHT MARKET T.P. TAYLOR RESERVE, SURFERS WALK, SANDY POINT	3pm to 7pm. Click here to find out more.
Saturday 5^th	STONY CREEK GOURMET GALLOPS AND WINE DAY STONY CREEK RACE COURSE, SOUTH GIPPSLAND HIGHWAY, STONY CREEK	Local winery tasting and sales with a variety of food stalls. Family friendly race meet with many FREE kids activities. Activities for older children and mid teens. Live music plus much more. Admission $13 Concession/Pensioner $10 Children FREE. For more information and bookings (large bookings essential) contact 03 56640099. .Click here to visit the Stony Creek Race Course Website for more information.
Saturday 5^th - Sunday 6^th	SAM'S WOODFIRED PIZZAS AT LYREBIRD HILL WINERY LYREBIRD HILL WINERY, 370 INVERLOCH ROAD, KOONWARRA	11am to 3pm. Lyrebird Hill Winery 03 56643204.Click here to visit the Lyre Bird Hill Winery Website for more information.
Saturday 5^th	KOONWARRA FARMERS MARKET KOONWARRA (BEHIND KOONWARRA STORE)	A selection of fresh local produce to purchase and taste – including fresh fruit, vegetables, bushfoods, preserves, cheese, poultry, meat, seafood, plants and more. 8am to 1pm approx.Click here to visit the Koonwarra Farmers Market Website for more information.
Sunday 6^th	LIVE MUSIC AT WARATAH HILLS VINEYARD WARATAH HILLS VINEYARD, PROMONTORY ROAD, FISH CREEK	1pm start. Bring a picnic lunch or purchase and enjoy a cheese or dips plate. Latin Jazz Duo. Phone 56832441. Click here to visit the Waratah Hills Vineyard Website for more information.
Sunday 6^th	JUMBUNNA BUSH MARKET THE MAIN HALL, JUMBUNNA	8.30am start. Dawn Wylie 03 56573253 Click here to visit the Jumbunna Bush Market Website for more information.
Sunday 6^th	KONGWAK MARKET KONGWAK	A small flea market featuring local produce and bric-a-brac10am start. Click here to find out more information.
Sunday 6^th	TASTES OF PROM COUNTRY FOSTER WAR MEMORIAL ARTS CENTRE HALL AND SURROUNDS	You will have the opportunity to taste the best produce the region has to offer including wine, beer, meat, cheese, berries,seafood, olives, honey, bushfoods, edible plants and gourmet pies. Tennille 0425754007. Click here to visit the Tastes of Prom Country Website for more information.
Sunday 6^{th -}Friday 18^th	TWISTED TALES FROM THE WOODS - FAMDA PANTOMIME FOR THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS FOSTER WAR MEMORIAL ARTS CENTRE, MAIN STREET FOSTER	This brilliant new Pantomime is about the amazing adventures of Cinyella, an orphaned beauty with a snow white complextion and a little red riding hood, who escapes her wicked stepmother and her nasty daughters, as she travels through the twisted woods where she encounters witches, werewolves, killer bears, dwarves, outlaws and of course a Fairy Godmother. Deborah Harris (Booking Agent) 03 56821381Click here to visit the FAMDA Website for more information.
Saturday 12^th	BASS COAST AGRICULTURAL SHOW WONTHAGGI RECREATION RESERVE, KORUMBURRA ROAD, WONTHAGGI	See dog trials, horse and cattle show,craft and cookery displays etc. Rosemary Loughnan 0356723259 Click here to obtain more information.
Saturday 12^th	MIRBOO NORTH PRODUCE MARKET BAROMI PARK,MIRBOO NORTH	8.30am start.Click here for more information.
Saturday 12^th	TOORA MARKET FORMER BONLAC STORE, JETTY ROAD, TOORA	8am start. Joyce 03 56881237 Click here to find out more information.
Saturday 12^{th -}Sunday 13^th	CENTENARY CELEBRATIONS KORUMBURRA STATION 100TH BIRTHDAY KORUMBURRA STATION, STATION STREET, KORUMBURRA	Travel the entire route for a set price ticket all day. Take a look at the railway museum and the historic building. Ride aboard the 1930's style passenger cars hauled by a locomotive and travel on the South Australian Hen Rail Motors. Refreshments available in historic refreshment room at Korumburra Station. 11am - 5PM. South Gippsland Tourist Railway 03 56581111 Click here to find out more information.
Sunday 13^th	LIVE MUSIC AT WARATAH HILLS VINEYARD WARATAH HILLS VINEYARD, PROMONTORY ROAD, FISH CREEK	1pm start. Bring a picnic lunch or purchase and enjoy a cheese or dips plate. Latin Jazz Duo. Phone 56832441. Click here to visit the Waratah Hills Vineyard Website for more information.
Sunday 13^th	WONTHAGGI ROTARY MARKET WONTHAGGI (APEX PARK)	Trash and treasures market. Click here to find out more information.
Sunday 13^th	KONGWAK MARKET KONGWAK	A small flea market featuring local produce and bric-a-brac10am start Click here to find out more information.
Sunday 13^th	LOCH VILLAGE MARKET RAILWAY SIDING, LOCH	8.30am start. Ron Payne 03 56590212 Click here to find out more information.
Monday 14^th	KIDS DAY OUT -STONY CREEK COUNTRY RACING STONY CREEK RACE COURSE, SOUTH GIPPSLAND HIGHWAY, STONY CREEK	Family friendly race meet with many FREE kids activities for older children and mid teens. Live music and much more... Adults $13 Concession/Pensioner $10 Children FREE Gates open 11am. Stony Creek Racing 03 56640099.Click here to visit the Stony Creek Race Course Website for more information.
Saturday 19^th	A DAY AT THE CAPE CAPE PATERSON BAY CAR PARK, CAPE PATERSON	Family festival. Activities include circus workshops, kids are workshops, story telling, kite making and an amaxing local internationally renowned sand sculptor. Stall holders, food and drinks, music plus much more... Lisa Archibald 0417 008729.
Saturday 19^th	PROM COUNTRY FARMERS MARKET FOSTER WAR MEMORIAL ARTS CENTRE HALL, MAIN STREET, FOSTER	A selection of fresh local produce to purchase and taste – including fresh fruit, vegetables, bushfoods, preserves, cheese, plants and more. 8am to 1pm approx. Market Manager 03 56821345 Click here to visit the Prom Country Farmers Market Website for more information.
Sunday 20^th	LIVE MUSIC AT WARATAH HILLS VINEYARD WARATAH HILLS VINEYARD, PROMONTORY ROAD, FISH CREEK	1pm start. Bring a picnic lunch or purchase and enjoy a cheese or dips plate. Latin Jazz Duo. Phone 56832441. Click here to visit the Waratah Hills Vineyard Website for more information.
Sunday 20^th	NYORA FARMERS MARKET VILLAGE GREEN, MITCHELL ST. NYORA	8.30am start. Denis Casey 03 56590089 Click here to find out more information.
Sunday 20^th	KONGWAK MARKET KONGWAK	A small flea market featuring local produce and bric-a-brac10am start Click here to find out more information.
Saturday 26^th	MIRBOO NORTH MARKET BAROMI PARK,MIRBOO NORTH	8.30am start.Click here for more information.
Sunday 27^th	LIVE MUSIC AT WARATAH HILLS VINEYARD WARATAH HILLS VINEYARD, PROMONTORY ROAD, FISH CREEK	1pm start. Bring a picnic lunch or purchase and enjoy a cheese or dips plate. Latin Jazz Duo. Phone 56832441. Click here to visit the Waratah Hills Vineyard Website for more information.
Sunday 27^th	PROMONTORY HOME PRODUCE & CRAFT MARKET FOSTER SHOWGROUNDS AND FOOTBALL OVAL	Over 250 stalls featuring locally produce arts and crafts, home baking, locally grown berries, preserves, and even an Apex & Rotary train around the oval to keep the young ones amused. Max Parnell 03 56822654 Click here for more information.
Sunday 27^th	KILCUNDA LOBSTER FESTIVAL KILCUNDA	Entertainment includes: Spinning whell running all day with every prize being a lobster, amusements, market stalls, displays by emergency services, live band, clown, face paining, helicopter rides throughout the day, plus much more. Food and beverages are available for sale including freshly cooked lobsters. Shelley Applebee 0417590881. Proceeds to Kilcunda and local communities. Click here for more information.
Sunday 27^th	LEONGATHA ROTARY MARKET SAFEWAY CAR PARK, SMITH STREET, LEONGATHA	7.30am to 12noon. Stockdale & Leggo 03 56625800 BH. Click here for more information.
Sunday 27^th	ST PAULS FESTIVAL BAROMI PARK, MIRBOO NORTH	From 12 noon. Joe Bordornaro 03 56681570 Click here for more information.
Sunday 28^th	TARWIN LOWER MARKET TARWIN LOWER (MEMORIAL HALL AND SURROUNDS)	A selection of craft, treasures and local produce. 8.30am to 2pm approx. Peter Emmett 03 56637087 Click here for more information.

FEBRUARY

Saturday 2^nd	KOONWARRA FARMERS MARKET KOONWARRA (BEHIND KOONWARRA STORE)	A selection of fresh local produce to purchase and taste – including fresh fruit, vegetables, bushfoods, preserves, cheese, poultry, meat, seafood, plants and more. 8am to 1pm approx.Click here to visit the Koonwarra Farmers Market Website for more information.
Saturday 2^nd	SAM'S WOODFIRED PIZZAS AT LYREBIRD HILL WINERY LYREBIRD HILL WINERY, 370 INVERLOCH ROAD, KOONWARRA	11am to 3pm. Lyrebird Hill Winery 03 56643204.Click here to visit the Lyre Bird Hill Winery Website for more information.
Sunday 3^rd	JUMBUNNA BUSH MARKET THE MAIN HALL, JUMBUNNA	8.30am start. Dawn Wylie 03 56573253 Click here to visit the Jumbunna Bush Market Website for more information.
Sunday 3^rd	QUILT HANGING LOCH VILLAGE, LOCH	Quilts from all over Australia displayed throughout the Loch Village. 10am to 4pm. Quilters Barn 03 56584449 Click here to find out more information.
Saturday 9^th	KORUMBURRA AGRICULTURAL SHOW KORUMBURRA SHOWGROUNDS, SOUTH GIPPSLAND HIGHWAY, KORUMBURRA	Show features: asnimal nursery, show bags, displays, cattle, sheep, fruit & veg plus much more.Syd White 0419641341 Click here to find out more.
Saturday 9^th	TOORA MARKET FORMER BONLAC STORE, JETTY ROAD, TOORA	8am start. Joyce 03 56881237 Click here to find out more information.
Saturday 9^th - Sunday 17^th	19TH ANNUAL SOUTH GIPPSLAND GOLF CLASSIC VARIOUS GOLF CLUBS THROUGHOUT SOUTH GIPPSLAND - FOSTER, MEENIYAN, LEONGATHA SOUTH ETC,	Mrs. N. Parry 0356822131 Click here to visit the South Gippsland Golf Website for more information.
Sunday 10^th	LOCH VILLAGE MARKET RAILWAY SIDING, LOCH	8.30am start. Ron Payne 03 56590212 Click here to find out more information.
Saturday 16^th	PROM COUNTRY FARMERS MARKET FOSTER WAR MEMORIAL ARTS CENTRE HALL, MAIN STREET, FOSTER	A selection of fresh local produce to purchase and taste – including fresh fruit, vegetables, bushfoods, preserves, cheese, plants and more. 8am to 1pm approx. Market Manager 03 56821345 Click here to visit the Prom Country Farmers Market Website for more information.
Sunday 17^th	NYORA FARMERS MARKET VILLAGE GREEN, MITCHELL ST. NYORA	8.30am start. Denis Casey 03 56590089 Click here to find out more information.
Saturday 23^rd	MIRBOO NORTH PRODUCE MARKET BAROMI PARK,MIRBOO NORTH	8.30am start.Click here for more information.
Saturday 23^rd	INVERLOCH FOOD & WINE FESTIVAL INVERLOCH	8.30am start.Features 9 food outlets from Inverloch, 9 wineries from Southern Gippsland. Adctivities for children. Music throughout the day. Plus much more...Gold coin donation. $10 Festival Glass & tasting notes. Click here to find out more information.
Sunday 24^th	LEONGATHA ROTARY MARKET SMITH STREET CARPARK LEONGATHA	7.30am to 12noon. Stockdale & Leggo 03 56625800 BH. Click here for more information.
Sunday 24^th	MUSIC FOR THE PEOPLE CONCERT - MOSSVALE PARK MOSSVALE PARK	Featuring the Victorian Concert Orchestra, South Gippsland Wind Orchestra, South Gipsland Shire Brass Band, Brown's Cows Orchestra and Prom Coast Singers. BYO picnic charis, rugs and lunch. A selection of sandwiches, susages, cakes, icecreams and soft drinks available for purchase at kiosk. Tickets at gate Adults $10 Concession $8 Children U 15 FREE Mike Nicholls 03 56682704 Click here to find out more information.

MARCH

Saturday 1^st	KOONWARRA FARMERS MARKET KOONWARRA (BEHIND KOONWARRA STORE)	A selection of fresh local produce to purchase and taste – including fresh fruit, vegetables, bushfoods, preserves, cheese, poultry, meat, seafood, plants and more. 8am to 1pm approx.Click here to visit the Koonwarra Farmers Market Website for more information.
Saturday 1^st	SAM'S WOODFIRED PIZZAS AT LYREBIRD HILL WINERY LYREBIRD HILL WINERY, 370 INVERLOCH ROAD, KOONWARRA	11am to 3pm. Lyrebird Hill Winery 03 56643204.Click here to visit the Lyre Bird Hill Winery Website for more information.
Saturday 1^st	BOOLARRA FOLK FESTIVAL BOOLARRA	12noon to 9pm. Centenary Park. Click here to find out more information.
Sunday 2^nd	JUMBUNNA BUSH MARKET THE MAIN HALL, JUMBUNNA	8.30am start. Dawn Wylie 03 56573253 Click here to visit the Jumbunna Bush Market Website for more information.
Sunday 2^nd	THE JINDI HARVEST OF GIPPSLAND LARDNER PARK, BURNT STORE ROAD, VIA WARRAGUL, LARDNER	10am - 5pm. Features wine, food, chefs on stage, organic produce, entertainment, FREE childrens entertainment... 03 56261373 Click here to find out more information.
Friday 7^th - Monday 10^th	INVERLOCH JAZZ FESTIVAL INVERLOCH	Includes a street parade and live street entertainment featuring jazz, jazz, and more jazz Click here to find out more information.
Saturday 8^th	TOORA MARKET FORMER BONLAC STORE, JETTY ROAD, TOORA	8am start. Joyce 03 56881237 Click here to find out more information.
Saturday 8^{th -}Sunday 9^th	SAM'S WOODFIRED PIZZAS AT LYREBIRD HILL WINERY LYREBIRD HILL WINERY, 370 INVERLOCH ROAD, KOONWARRA	11am to 3pm. Lyrebird Hill Winery 03 56643204.Click here to visit the Lyre Bird Hill Winery Website for more information.
Sunday 9^th	STONY CREEK CUP AND FASHIONS ON FIELD STONY CREEK RACE COURSE, SOUTH GIPPSLAND HIGHWAY, STONY CREEK	Family friendly race meeting with many FREE kids activities for older children and mid teens. Liver music plus much more....Stony Creek Racing 03 56640099 .Click here to visit the Stony Creek Race Course Website for more information.
Sunday 9^th	LOCH VILLAGE MARKET RAILWAY SIDING, LOCH	8.30am start. Ron Payne 03 56590212 Click here to find out more information.
Sunday 9^th	PROMONTORY HOME PRODUCE & CRAFT MARKET FOSTER SHOWGROUNDS AND FOOTBALL OVAL	Over 250 stalls featuring locally produce arts and crafts, home baking, locally grown berries, preserves, and even an Apex & Rotary train around the oval to keep the young ones amused. Max Parnell 03 56822654 Click here for more information.
Monday 10^th	TARWIN LOWER MARKET TARWIN LOWER (MEMORIAL HALL AND SURROUNDS)	A selection of craft, treasures and local produce. 8.30am to 2pm approx. Peter Emmett 03 56637087 Click here for more information.
Saturday 15^th	MOSSVALE MUSIC FESTIVAL MOSSVALE PARK, BERRTS CREEK	Artists include Loudon Wainwright, Lucy Wainwright Roche, Ruthie Foster, The Duhks, Mia Dyson, Ash Grunwalk, Lisa Miller, Liz Stringer, Jordie Lane. Adults $40 Concession & Arts Council Members $35. Lyre Bird Arts Council 03 56649239 Click here for more information.
Saturday 15^th	PROM COUNTRY FARMERS MARKET FOSTER WAR MEMORIAL ARTS CENTRE HALL, MAIN STREET, FOSTER	A selection of fresh local produce to purchase and taste – including fresh fruit, vegetables, bushfoods, preserves, cheese, plants and more. 8am to 1pm approx. Market Manager 03 56821345 Click here to visit the Prom Country Farmers Market Website for more information.
Sunday 16^th	NYORA FARMERS MARKET VILLAGE GREEN, MITCHELL ST. NYORA	8.30am start. Denis Casey 03 56590089 Click here to find out more information.
Saturday 22^nd	SAM'S WOODFIRED PIZZAS AT LYREBIRD HILL WINERY LYREBIRD HILL WINERY, 370 INVERLOCH ROAD, KOONWARRA	11am to 3pm. Lyrebird Hill Winery 03 56643204.Click here to visit the Lyre Bird Hill Winery Website for more information.
Sunday 23^rd	PROMONTORY HOME PRODUCE & CRAFT MARKET FOSTER SHOWGROUNDS AND FOOTBALL OVAL	Over 250 stalls featuring locally produce arts and crafts, home baking, locally grown berries, preserves, and even an Apex & Rotary train around the oval to keep the young ones amused. Max Parnell 03 56822654 Click here for more information.
Sunday 23^rd	LEONGATHA ROTARY MARKET SMITH STREET CARPARK LEONGATHA	7.30am to 12noon. Stockdale & Leggo 03 56625800 BH. Click here for more information.
Monday 24^th	TARWIN LOWER MARKET TARWIN LOWER (MEMORIAL HALL AND SURROUNDS)	A selection of craft, treasures and local produce. 8.30am to 2pm approx. Peter Emmett 03 56637087 Click here for more information.
Saturday 29^th- Sunday 30^th	KORUMBURRA WORKING HORSE AND TRACTOR RALLY SOUTH GIPPSLAND HIGHWAY, NYORA	Features: Grey Rally Theme, Earth Moving Area, Clydsdales working the paddocks, Vintage tractor pull, continuous working displays, Grand Parade each day. Older-style market with various craft and variety stalls, Pioneer skills, bushmen in action, sheep shearing, Peninsula Country Music Group, blacksmith forging tools and implements, stationery engines, vintage cars and trucks, hand milking, butter making, outback mailb oxes, working dogs display. Adults $10 Children U 16 FREE Two day pass $16 FREE parking. Lyn Smith 03 56254658 Click here for more information.
Sunday 30^th	LEONGATHA ROTARY MARKET SMITH STREET CARPARK LEONGATHA	7.30am to 12noon. Stockdale & Leggo 03 56625800 BH. Click here for more information.

APRIL

Saturday 5^th	KOONWARRA FARMERS MARKET KOONWARRA (BEHIND KOONWARRA STORE)	A selection of fresh local produce to purchase and taste – including fresh fruit, vegetables, bushfoods, preserves, cheese, poultry, meat, seafood, plants and more. 8am to 1pm approx.Click here to visit the Koonwarra Farmers Market Website for more information.
Saturday 5^th	SAM'S WOODFIRED PIZZAS AT LYREBIRD HILL WINERY LYREBIRD HILL WINERY, 370 INVERLOCH ROAD, KOONWARRA	11am to 3pm. Lyrebird Hill Winery 03 56643204.Click here to visit the Lyre Bird Hill Winery Website for more information.
Sunday 6^th	JUMBUNNA BUSH MARKET THE MAIN HALL, JUMBUNNA	8.30am start. Dawn Wylie 03 56573253 Click here to visit the Jumbunna Bush Market Website for more information.
Saturday 12^th	TOORA MARKET FORMER BONLAC STORE, JETTY ROAD, TOORA	8am start. Joyce 03 56881237 Click here to find out more information.
Sunday 13^th	LOCH VILLAGE MARKET RAILWAY SIDING, LOCH	8.30am start. Ron Payne 03 56590212 Click here to find out more information.
Saturday 19^th	PROM COUNTRY FARMERS MARKET FOSTER WAR MEMORIAL ARTS CENTRE HALL, MAIN STREET, FOSTER	A selection of fresh local produce to purchase and taste – including fresh fruit, vegetables, bushfoods, preserves, cheese, plants and more. 8am to 1pm approx. Market Manager 03 56821345 Click here to visit the Prom Country Farmers Market Website for more information.
Sunday 20^th	NYORA FARMERS MARKET VILLAGE GREEN, MITCHELL ST. NYORA	8.30am start. Denis Casey 03 56590089 Click here to find out more information.
Saturday 26^th	MIRBOO NORTH PRODUCE MARKET BAROMI PARK,MIRBOO NORTH	8.30am start.Click here for more information.
Saturday 26^th	SAM'S WOODFIRED PIZZAS AT LYREBIRD HILL WINERY LYREBIRD HILL WINERY, 370 INVERLOCH ROAD, KOONWARRA	11am