April in the Hawkesbury - What's on
All Autumn
Mount Tomah Botanic Garden
Bells Line of Road
Mount Tomah NSW
Bees Buzzabout Adventure Quest - All Autumn 10am-4pm
Buzz about the garden & help Beatie & Beatrix Bee find who is killing the bees! Along the way find out how many sorts of native bees there are and how bees make honey. This family self-guided adventure takes about an hour to complete.
Cost: $3 pp plus Garden entry fee
Enquiries: 4567 2154
Touching Time Audio Tour - All Autumn 10am-4pm
Garden's audio tour tells the story of the evolution of Australian flora. Hire an MP3 player from the Visitor Centre to guide you through important sections of the Garden which illustrate this evolution.
Cost: $5.50 pp plus Garden entry fee
Enquiries: 4567 2154
Until the end of April 2008 (TBC)
Kookootonga Walnut & Chestnut Farm
Phone: 4756 2136
Chestnut picking until the end of April
Open every day from 9am to 5pm
(they give you a bucket and you pick your own.)
247 Mount Irvine Road,
Mount Irvine (right at the end on the no through road)
4th & 5th April 2008 (Saturday)
2008 Wakeboard Nationals Championships
Competition starts from 9am
Windsor Stadium
Governor Phillip Park
Windsor NSW
4th April (Friday) - 4th May (Sunday) 2008
Alan Cleary Collection and Tom Carment
Collector Alan Cleary specialises in small works, many of which have been carefully gathered to reflect the passion of a keen eye. The exhibition also honours Cleary's generous gifts of artworks to Hawkesbury Regional Gallery. Tom Carment's versatile brush is widely admired and as one of the artists collected by Alan Cleary, these linked exhibitions form a harmonious whole.
Hawkesbury Regional Gallery
Deerubbin Centre (1st Floor)
300 George Street
Windsor NSW
Gallery Hours: Weekdays 10am to 4pm
(Closed Tuesdays and public holidays)
Weekends: 10am to 3pm
Free entry
Phone: 4560 4441
6th April 2008 (Sunday)
Leisure Lass Cruises - Wisemans Ferry
3hr Cruise with a delicious gourmet lunch.
Adults:$53.00pp.
Group bookings available.
Bookings essential by calling Kathy or Hugh on 4566 4585
11th - 13th April 2008 (Friday - Sunday)
Hawkesbury Show
This three day Show is the biggest event held in the Hawkesbury. It is the second biggest Show in NSW after the Royal Easter Show. The Hawkesbury Show is organised by a committee of very dedicated members of the Hawkesbury District Agricultural Association. Where the Country meets the City with fabulous exhibits. Everything from the popular Animal Nursery to Show Bag Alley. Watch the magnificent Grand Parade on Saturday afternoon. Fireworks on Saturday Night and great entertainment all day every day on the arena. See the Displays in the Philip Charley Pavilion of Art, Photography, Horticulture, Apiculture, Gemstones, Craft, etc. Watch the Judging of Animals, see the chickens, goats, ducks, crafts, tractors, & machinery, roving entertainment; its all there for the family to enjoy.
Close to the rail station and plenty off street parking available.
Show Schedules including entry forms are available from the Show Office, Council and many other businesses in the area .
The Show opening hours are: Friday and Saturday 9am - 10pm, Sunday 9am - 5pm
Details ph: 4577 3591
Hawkesbury Showground
Racecourse Rd
Clarendon NSW
12th April (Saturday) - 27th April (Sunday)
School Holidays
13th April 2008 (Sunday)
The Great Australian Bite - Held by Richmond Lions Club
The Great Australian Bite, an annual fundraiser for Diabetes Australia-NSW is on again this April to help 530,000 people in NSW who live with diabetes and also to help the fight to find a cure.
The Richmond Lions Club will be holding a Bite this Sunday at the Hawkesbury Show.
Contact: Geoff Ingram, Richmond Lions Club 4575 1518
The Hawkesbury Show (near the horses)
Hawkesbury Showground
Racecourse Rd
Clarendon NSW
13th April 2008 (Sunday)
Vicary's Vineyard Craft Fair
Enjoy free wine tastings, free balloons and free face painting.
Have a picnic in the grounds of the Sydney regions oldest continuously operating winery.
* Craft Stalls
* Thomas The Tank Engine Rides
Admission and parking free
Vicary's Winery, Luddenham
All Stallholders welcome
Enquiries Phone: (02) 4773 4161
The Northern Road - 2km south of Luddenham
Luddenham NSW
17th April 2008 - Thursday
Horse Racing
Hawkesbury's Stand Alone Cup Launch Race meeting
Hawkesbury Race Club
Racecourse Road
Clarendon NSW
19th & 20th April 2008 (Saturday & Sunday)
Find Your Fruits! Botanical Illustration Course
Barbara Duckworth will give you the opportunity to discover and develop your skills as she fires up your fruits with the colour of autumn over this two-day workshop.
10am - 4pm
Cost : $160 pp
Bookings : 4567 3014
Wollemi Room
Mount Tomah Botanic Garden
Bells Line of Road
Mount Tomah
24th - 27th April 2008 (Thursday - Sunday)
St. Albans Folk Music Festival
St. Albans via Wisemans Ferry
The village atmosphere at St Albans creates the perfect ambience for a delightful weekend of folk music in a truly Australian setting.
Festival activities include music, dance, workshops, stalls, camping, campfire sessions, storytelling, kids' activities and poetry.
For enquiries phone: 0414 229 511 or (02) 9528 2193
St. Albans Folk Music Festival
25th April 2008 (Friday)
Anzac DayVisitor Centre will be open from 12noon-5pm
18th & 19th April 2008 (9am to 4pm Saturday & 9am to 3pm Sunday)
The 4th Collectors' Plant Fair
Woodgreen,
27 Powells Road
Bilpin NSW
Garden open and refreshments available from 8.30am
Distinctive and hard-to-come-by-plants.
The 5th Collectors' Plant Fair will showcase 40 growers of distinctive, unusual and collectable plants - plants that are not readily obtainable.
A must for all keen gardeners, the Collectors' Plant Fair offers a huge range of plants suitable for coastal or inland gardens - for the tropical or cool climate garden, the native or cottage garden, country estate or balcony. It offers the opportunity to find that hard-to-get-hold-of-plant to add to your collection.
The Collectors' Plant Fair is held in the delightful garden setting of Woodgreen - a collector's garden brimming with unusual collectable plants.
Entry $10 per person, Speaker sessions $20 per person
9am-4pm Saturday, 9am-3pm Sunday
Contact: Peta Trahar 02 4567 2026
www.collectorsplantfair.com to download a booking form
OR contact:
Peta & Peter Trahar: (02) 4567 2026 Fax (02) 4567 2118
Beth Stokes:
(02) 4888 9262
Email: collectorsplantfair@bigpond.com
Mail to Post Office, Bilpin NSW 2758
27th April 2008 (Sunday) 9am to 3pm
Hills Craft Market
* Australian Handmade Arts, Craft, Plant &
Gourmet Foods Market
This market is on rain, hail or shine!
(In wet weather the market moves to undercover pavilions within the showground)
For more information phone: (02) 9548 0709
www.hillscraftmarket.com.au
Castle Hill Showground
Showground Road,
Castle Hill. NSW 2154 (Enter off Carrington Road)
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Please Note:
Although we do our best to confirm all event information published, sometimes event dates and venues change at short notice. To avoid disappointment it is advisable to check event details with the phone contact provided for individual events or the Customer Service Officer at our Visitor Information Centre. Phone: 02 4578 0233
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