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| BACK TO BACK" WOOL CHALLENGE |
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31 May 09
The 15th International "Back to Back" Wool Challenge and Apple Pie Bake-Off - a fund raising event for Breast Cancer Research is on again.
The Wool Challenge is to hand shear a sheep, spin the wool & knit a sweater for the shearer (from the sheep's back to the shearer's back) in the fastest time. The world record is 4 hours, 51 mins. Two teams (a team consists of 8 - a shearer & 7 spinners & knitters) will take up the challenge this year at The Turpentine Tree, 1665 Bells Line of Road, Kurrajong Heights. Shearing starts at 8 am.
Who bakes the best apple pies using Bilpin apples? Find out on this day! Sean from Sean’s Panaroma in Bondi will decide.
Along with an antique machinery display, lots of stalls, children's activities using fibre & BBQ cooked by the Mt. Lagoon Fire Brigade, there will be a Children's Art Competition.
Come & enjoy a wonderful day in 10 acres of beautiful gardens, cheer on & sponsor a team member & help us raise the most money for the event in the world, as we did in 2008. |
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Entry is FREE.
ALL money raised is for Breast Cancer Research (NSW Cancer Council)
Contact: Dawne Dunlop, 4567 1215 Email: grenrose@bigpond.net.au
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| Hawkesbury Shuttle Service |
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| Hawkesbury Shuttle Service is a family owned business operating from Western Sydney in the Hawkesbury region, we cover all of New South Wales , offering a Door - to - Door service, picking up and dropping off at any location. Let our team take the hassle out of traveling to and from your destinations.
Travel In Air Conditioned Comfort Bookings are essential
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Our office & depot are located at:
11 Hayman Street
North Richmond NSW 2754
Phone/Fax: (02) 4571 4606
Mobile : 0412 571 125
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| Mount Tomah Botanic Garden |
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Situated at an altitude of over 1000 metres in the northern Blue Mountains of New South Wales, the Mount Tomah Botanic Garden was established as the cool-climate garden of the Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. The garden is one of the major tourist attractions within the region, also catering for tour groups and weddings.
Address: Bells Line of Road, via Bilpin 2758
Phone: (02) 4567 2154
Click here to visit Website: www.bluemts.com.au/mounttomah |
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| 5th Collectors’ Plant Fair at Bilpin |
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Sydney’s treasured Gardening Event
At ‘Woodgreen Angus Stud’, 27 Powells Road Bilpin NSW
9–4 Saturday 18 April & 9–3 Sunday 19 April 2009
Entry: $10 per person, $8 if pre-paid.
Speaker Sessions: $22 per person
The Fair brings together 40 specialist nurseries, from Eastern Australia, to sell old fashioned, rare and unusual plants to over 3,000 avid gardeners.
Plant species suit inland and coastal gardens from acreage to courtyards. Visitors can buy garden equipment, books and learn about keeping chooks.
Enjoy delicious food in the beautiful ‘Woodgreen’ garden.
The Speaker Program features Australia’s highly regarded landscape designers and horticulturists. In 2009 they are Ken Gillanders OAM and David Glenn, Lambley Nursery.
Fair organisers have received horticultural and tourism awards.
Funds are raised for Lifeline and local Rural Fire Brigades.
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To learn more contact:
Peta Trahar 02 4567 2026
Click here to visit website: www.collectorsplantfair.com
Email: collectorsplantfair@bigpond.com
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| Arkadian Bilpin Performers Inc. |
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Community creates Art – Art creates Community
The Award-Winning Arkadian Bilpin Performers, a Community Theatre Group; members drawn from the Hawkesbury District. Presenting three live plays each year: comedies, dinner-shows, classics, murder mysteries & modern Australian drama. Our Film Group screens a Classic Movie each month on a Saturday evening.
Venue: Bilpin District Hall.
Tel.: 4567 7204 or
email: graham392@ozemail.com.au |
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| The Turpentine Tree |
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Visit the "Turpentine Tree" a property with 5 hectares of garden, permanent marquee and gazebo to hold your away wedding, garden wedding or special occasion. Wander through the formal rose garden with 700 roses and visit the dried flower gallery.
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1665 Bells Line of Road Kurrajong Heights NSW 2758
Phone: 02 45677230 0418401351m
Click here to visit Website: www.turpentinetree.com.au or call in and visit.
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| Larna Ezzy’s Packing Shed Patchwork |
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Larna Ezzy’s Packing Shed Patchwork is nestled in picturesque Grose Vale.
The textile studio, set amongst acreage garden, is a must see venue for the textile lover where Larna teaches and exhibits her one-off hand made textile pieces.
Crazy patchwork ‘assemblage’ is her specialty and her pieces have been published in textile magazines over the years. Larna’s studio stocks many beautiful items for the embellisher/embroiderer to purchase or book into a class/workshop to learn new skills. |
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Open: - Most weekends, please ring ahead to confirm. Or by appointment.
Located at 201 Cabbage Tree Rd, Grose Vale NSW 2753
Ph:-02 45 721126
Mob-0417 468653
Email – larna@packingshedpatchwork.com.au
Web – www.packingshedpatchwork.com.au
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| Be Pampered by Linda ~ Massage by Gina |
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Be pampered by Linda, a beauty therapist and make-up artist, fully qualified
with 20 years experience.
Treatments available are -
• Body massage
• Deluxe facial includes hand, foot and scalp massage.
• Body wraps
• Special occasion makeup
• Fantasy air brush tanning
• Manicure / Pedicure
• Waxing / Tinting
Phone Linda on
0438 406 823
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Massage by Gina
While staying in the Hawkesbury Highlands if you feel that a massage in your suite would complete your overall stay, please don’t hesitate to phone Gina. She is an accredited masseuse with diplomas in massage therapy, specialising in Therapeutic and Swedish massage, Diploma Anatomy and Physiology, certified Reflexology. She would love to be part of making your stay memorable. I also use aromatherapy essential oils.
You can contact Gina on 4567 1139 – 0425 319 442. |
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| Mountain Yoga |
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creating the body you want to livein forthe rest of your life…
With Brenda McCartney,Regd Yoga Teacher 500,
Regd Nurse & Fitness Trainer….25 yrs experience provides a wealth of knowledge,inspiration & motivation
Increase vitality,muscle strength,bone strength,flexibility
Decrease weight,stress,anxiety,tension
Our vinyasa flow classes are warm & friendly & suitable for all shapes,sizes and ability levels
Daily classes,Beginner & Intermediate Day Clinics,
Weekend Retreats, Private Tuition
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PHONE BRENDA FOR MORE INFO OR BOOKINGS
45672070……0410484120
Click here to visit Website: www.ghosthillroad.com.au
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| Fernbrook Garden & Botanical Art Gallery |
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Fernbrook garden is one of Australia's most beautiful woodland gardens with a careful mix of native exotic species, a rainforest walk, mossy boulders, 2 creeks and abundant birdlife. The garden covers an area of approx 12 acres and includes a stone weir built in 1900 and a cork tree planted around the same time.
Fernbrook Gallery is the working studio of Elaine Musgrave who is a well known botanical artist being a member of the Botanical Art Society of Australia and the American Society of Botanical Artists. Elaine has exhibited internationally and was awarded a gold medal by The Royal Horticultural Society, London.
Watch the artist at work as she creates her finely detailed watercolour studies. Original works and limited edition prints by Elaine and invited artists.
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Open: Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday
10am - 4.30pm March to December inclusive or by arrangement.
2 Queen Street Kurrajong Heights, NSW 2758 Australia
Phone and fax: +612 45677330
Email elainem@tpg.com.au
Click here to visit Website www.bluemts.com.au/fernbrook
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| Zig Zag Railway Co-op Ltd |
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The Zig Zag Railway Ltd. Co-op is a preservation society running steam trains and rail motors from Clarence Station on The Bells Line of Road. The 'Zig Zag' was recognised as one of the great engineering feats of its time and crosses three magnificent sandstone viaducts in its 210m descent. The Zig Zag Railway is open every day of the year except for Christmas Day. Trains depart 11am, 1pm & 3pm.
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P.O. Box 1, Lithgow 2790
Phone: 0263 552 955 Second Phone: 0417 422 644
Fax: (02) 6353 1801
Click here to visit Website: www.zigzagrailway.com.au
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