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Art, nature and play collide at a new children’s festival at the Art Gallery of New South Wales

November 29, 2023

This summer school holidays, children and families are invited to explore a world of art, nature and play at the new Hive Festival. Part of Sydney Festival 2024, Hive Festival is created in partnership with the Art Gallery and Blacktown Arts in collaboration with creative producer Claudia Chidiac. Presented over two weekends, at the Art Gallery of New South Wales on 13 & 14 January 2024 and then The Leo Kelly Blacktown Arts Centre on 19 & 20 January 2024, the free event will see both venues buzzing with interactive artworks, hands-on workshops, performances, storytelling and more. A centrepiece of the…

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Events

Unruly Seagulls and hot chips

November 26, 2023

Hot chips. Items of clothing. Even the kids. Nothing is too big or small for an unruly seagull. Snuff Puppets’ giant Seagulls descend in a noisy quarrelsome pack. These unruly scavengers devour everything in their path. You might lose your hat as they fight each other for the finest spoils. Based in Naarm/Melbourne, the always anarchic Snuff Puppets have built an international reputation for puppetry that breaks down all barriers between performer and audience. Seagulls is classic Snuff: out and about, in your face and in this case, likely to be rooting around in your shopping bag, flying off with your…

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Events, Kids, What to do

Free inclusive fun at Redleaf

November 23, 2023

Woollahra Council is hosting a free, inclusive afternoon of play, art and games with a difference on November 30. The Let’s Get Creative event is designed to lead up to International Day of People with a Disability on December 3, and is timed to coincide with the launch of local disability services provider Inala’s exhibition at the Woollahra Gallery at Redleaf. Whether you or your children have a disability or not, it’ll be a great evening for the whole family, with proceedings kicking off at 4pm with a collage workshop hosted by deaf artist Sue Jo Wright. She’ll run another…

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Inspiration, What to do

South Eveleigh, SUMMER EXPRESS

November 20, 2023

Kick off the festive season with Santa sightings, free live music, pop-up games and kid friendly entertainment at South Eveleigh . Get ready to embark on a journey of holiday cheer as South Eveleigh introduces the exciting Summer Express, a unique advent-style calendar of daily holiday fun set to roll into town from Tuesday 21st November through to Saturday 23 December. The historic site of Sydney’s Locomotive Workshops will become a kaleidoscope of colour and activity for 5-weeks of free, fun events including Santa sightings, live music, pop-up games, festive food and drink offerings and family-friendly entertainment. Enter via Redfern…

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Events, Inspiration, Kids

Great Southern BioBlitz – Community wildlife survey

November 15, 2023

The Great Southern BioBlitz is an international biological survey that enlists the help of local residents to record living species across the southern hemisphere. Take photographs or sound recordings of plants, birds, insects, animals, and fungi between 24 and 27 November, and upload your observations to the iNaturalist app by 11 December. You can also join Dr James Macnamara, City of Sydney’s urban ecology coordinator, for a community biodiversity survey in one of the largest parks in the inner city. You’ll learn: what the Great Southern BioBlitz is how to use the iNaturalist app for reporting biodiversity observations how to…

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Events, What to do

Carols by the Sea, Bondi

November 13, 2023

Join the Bondi community to celebrate the festive season at this year’s Carols by the Sea – a Waverley community event where everyone is welcome. Follow the joy to South Bondi Park for a sparkly evening of entertainment that includes Christmas songs with special guest Emma Pask, grooves by jazz trio Cool Yule, the angelic voices of the Australian Girls Choir and the fabulous Bondi Brass. Our young local performers kick off the night, with performances from Rosebay Secondary School Jazz Band, Bondi Public School Choir and the School of Arts Academy of Dance. Kids can get into the spirit…

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Events

Coogee Carols

November 9, 2023

Coogee Carols Is coming to town! Randwick City Council presents the 22nd Annual Coogee Carols at the Goldstein Reserve, Coogee Beach on Sunday, 17 December from 6:30pm until 8:30pm. This free event draws an audience from local and surrounding areas to celebrate community, family and the spirit of Christmas, opposite one of the most beautiful beaches in the world for a relaxed night of fun for everyone to enjoy. For more information, please visit the Coogee Carols website here. Traffic and public transport information To allow for the audience to safely depart after the event, Arden Street between Carr and…

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Events, Parks & Playgrounds

Free and interactive yarn and storytelling sessions at Barangaroo Reserve throughout November.

November 8, 2023

Join in for a free and interactive yarn and storytelling sessions at Barangaroo Reserve. During November, join the friendly Visitor Services team at Barangaroo to read, share and learn stories from many mobs around Australia. they will have a variety of different tools and weapons on display – to learn about and interact with. Enter via Towns Place, walk along the path past Marrinawi Cove and you’ll find the team on the grass. Everyone is welcome to drop in, no registrations required. Please note, in the case of wet weather our drop-in session won’t proceed. You’ll be updated here and across…

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Inspiration, What to do

Guided Bird Walk – Bronte

October 3, 2023

To celebrate National Bird Week this Guided Bird Walk is FREE. Join a small group on a 90 minute guided walk in Bronte to enjoy a morning of bird watching. Please stay afterwards, if you can, to enjoy a coffee together at one of the local cafés! Guided Bird Walk includes: Guidance on how to identify local bird species by sight and sound Practice spotting birds and using binoculars Binoculars will be provided for the walk You will get a local bird list to take home All experience levels welcome! Places are limited so booking is essential. WHAT TO BRING Water bottle…

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Inspiration

Top Tips To Turn Your Stash To Cash

September 28, 2023

On average, sellers make $857 by hosting a sale on the Garage Sale Trail. That’s a tidy sum for stuff you don’t use or want anymore. If you’re serious about making money at your garage sale, there are a few tips you might want to follow… Price to clear Hike up the prices on your really special stuff but otherwise price to clear. Consider creating a table for items of a certain value or use a pricing chart with coloured stickers to make it super easy for shoppers to buy. Location, location, location The most successful garage sales take place on…

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