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Albany is set to celebrate what’s great about being  Australian, with a fun filled day at the Albany Leisure and Aquatic Centre (ALAC) grounds.

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Hip Hopshop
DATES: 16th, 17th & 18th of January 2012
Ages 7 – 12 $75 10am – 12pm
Ages 13?25 $90 1pm – 4pm
Steampunk It Up
DATES: 23rd – 27th January 2012
TIME: 10am –4pm
SUITABLE FOR: aged 9 yrs and above
PRICE: $100
TUTORS: Sandy O’Doherty & Jane Davies

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GREAT SOUTHERN DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION – MEDIA RELEASE

A major national arts conference could be headed for the Great Southern in 2014.

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Bollywood Sundowner Fundraiser

Sunday, October 16

3.00pm Start time

4.00pm Planking

5.30pm Indian Food Entertainment

Location | Albany Golf Club

Created By | Hayley Lawrence

Get your PLANK on, BOLLYWOOD Style in support of Mark Rimmell. We Salute you Mark

You are invited to this Family Event for a great cause.

Supporting Breast Cancer Awareness, and The Little Seeds Project.

A chance to dress up, both yourself and your children.

Sensational PRIZES:

• Best Dressed Indian Family.
• Planking
• Best Dressed Indian male and female.
• Spot Prizes
• Traditional Indian Cuisine
• Bollywood Dancers
• Bollywood DJ

We have bouncy castle, face painting and Jamie the clown for the children in the afternoon.

Oh Bolly – its going to be brilliant

All Profits are donated direct to the Charities. Bring the family, support a great cause guaranteed to make you giggle! BRING out the BLING!

• $30 per Adult.
• Children are free

If you are unable to attend, we would appreciate any donations towards the event. Cash, vouchers, or free gifts, all very welcome with gratitude    

This will all make the night a success. All businesses donating and supporting will be recognised sponsors. Please email your logos.

TICKETS from BODY CARE HEALTH CLUB by Wednesday 12.10.11

Hayley Lawrence    0415 985 046 info@radaintbeing.com.au www.radiantbeing.com.au

or Bev 0408 443 687

Find out what to do over the Easter Long Weekend in our Region.

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Great Southern Festival 2011

The program for the Great Southern Festival was launched last week at the new Albany Entertainment Centre.

I am still surprised to find there are people who don’t know about this excellent range of events that has been held in Albany for 9 years now.  This year there will be over 24 different events held in various locations in the region starting on the 8th February and finishing on the 17th March.

These awesome events include concerts, plays, movies, exhibitions, food, dance, writers, there is something for everyone.  It doesn’t matter if you regularly take part or its your very first time, you will come away feeling touched, moved, inspired.

You can pick up a copy of the program from the Albany Entertainment Centre and cafés and  shops around Albany.

As luxury accommodation providers, our aim is to give our guests the ultimate experience while in Albany.  We like to recommend places to eat, so we are trying the many restaurants in Albany.

Tonight we headed off to the ‘new’ Rustlers Steak House. The minute we walked through the door we were immediately impressed by the gorgeous surroundings. Rustlers have chosen their colours wisely and used the space well of what used to be a Health Club. (more…)

We went on long beach walk today from Ledge Beach to Gull Rock.Gull Rock Beach named of course, because of the large number of Gulls found on the rock just off shore, one of whom Captain Kalgan thinks might have been Jonathan Livingstone! Gull Rock is 26k East of Albany. The water was a turquoise colour and we were tempted to jump in. Albany has some of the most stunning and pristine beaches in Australia if not the world. There are beaches for fishing, snorkelling, swimming, surfing and body boarding. Stay at HideAway Haven while in Albany and enjoy some time at the beach. We have facilities for washing bathers and towels at the end of a day at the beach.

Ledge Beach

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Wayne is a Maori living and working in Albany and, lucky us, staying at our new accommodation premises at 1849 Backpackers, behind the London Hotel.

Wayne has been a singer/songwriter for more than 30 years and today shared a CD with me, with a little of his music. To coin a cliche … I was blown away!

This track is dedicated to his mother specifically, and to all mothers everywhere. I don’t think it even has a title, I have listened to it only four times but it impacts and touches me every time I hear it, so I felt the need to share this with you.

To listen to an audio track only, PLEASE CLICK HERE.

We have been privileged to listen to Wayne play us everything from Rock and Roll to Blues to Jazz, to playing covers and his own songs to improvising for hours and indulging in what is clearly, lucky for us again, his passion.

This is an audio file only so have a listen while surfing and checking emails. I think you’ll be glad you did.

The other nine tracks are superb too and I believe he deserves to sell a million of these. What do you think? Please click on the link below. Enjoy …

Wayne Maxwell

Great Southern Wine & Food Festival

The Great Southern Wine and Food Festival has moved to April and teamed up with the Harboursound Music Festival to produce a festival that takes advantage of the mild autumn weather and quality entertainment available in Albany at the time.

The major tasting event on Sunday 18 April showcases twenty of the best Great Southern wineries, regional produce and encore performances from some of the international and national entertainment provided through the Harboursound Music Festival.

‘We’ve moved the Festival from December to April to coincide with Harboursound,’ said Great Southern Wine Producers’ Association (GSWPA) Executive Officer John Gates, ‘this should give both Festivals a better chance of sustainability and help to turn autumn in the Great Southern into a really exciting Festival season’.

‘With Harboursound concerts and workshops and GSWPA member satellite events scheduled over the whole weekend, this will be a great weekend to be in Albany’, he said.

The Festival will be held in and around a large marquee on the Grassy Knoll in central Albany on Sunday 18 April. Details are available from www.greatsouthernwines.com.au.