Market in your diary
KEYSBOROUGH Freedom Club will hold a market fund-raiser so it can continue to provide affordable occasional childcare.
There’ll be 25-plus stalls selling jewellery, Tupperware, clothing, crafts, candles, chocolate, kid’s character clothing, skin care and more.
Kid’s activities will include a disco, face painting, jumping castle and mini golf.
– Springers Leisure Centre, 400 Cheltenham Road, Keysborough. Sunday 9 November, noon to 4pm. Free entry and parking.
Make bunting
EMMA Grace is hosting a bunting workshop ahead of the festive season.
Participants can bring their own scrap materials.
– Heritage Hill Museum and Historical Gardens, 66 McCrae Street, Dandenong. Thursday 27 November, 10am to 1pm. The cost is $10 per person. Bookings are essential. Call 9793 4511. Email heritagehill@cgd.vic.gov.au for more information.
Silvie in Spirit
THE Spirit of Christmas with Silvie Paladino is coming to Dandenong.
She’ll sing hits from musical theatre and favourite Christmas songs, accompanied by David Cameron on piano.
– Drum Theatre, corner Lonsdale and Walker streets, Dandenong. Wednesday 26 November and Thursday 27 November, 10.30am. The show is 80 minutes with no interval. Tickets are priced from $14.50.
Evening in the Park
WETLANDS are home to a collection of weird and wonderful creatures.
Learn about them and the important role wetlands play in the environment, local flora and nocturnal animals.
– Pencil Park, Hidden Grove Boulevard, Keysborough. Wednesday 26 November, 6pm to 9pm. Bookings are essential as places are limited. Call 8571 1702.
Enviro awareness
FOTHERINGHAM Reserve is hosting a free environmental awareness day.
Activities will include water watch, planting indigenous seedlings, weed control, seed collecting, nature walks and barbecues.
– Fotheringham Reserve, Pyke Street, Dandenong. Sunday 23 November, 10am to noon.
Art from the Heart
A NEW exhibition is featuring artists from the Victorian Multi Ethnic Slavic Welfare Association.
Art from the Heart illustrates different emotional, visual and personal depictions from each artist.
There’ll be an opening event on Saturday 15 November from 5pm to 7pm.
– Heritage Hill Museum and Historical Gardens, 66 McCrae Street. 14 November to 14 December. Bookings are essential for opening event. Call 9793 4511. Email heritagehill@cgd.vic.gov.au for more information.
World Cup Cricket Count Down
CRICKET Victoria and Cricket World Cup will have a cricket ‘tunnel’ – an enclosed cricket playing field – along with the World Cup countdown clock at Palm Plaza.
City of Greater Dandenong Youth Services will be playing music at the free event.
– Palm Plaza, McCrae Street, Dandenong. Friday 14 November, 4pm to 7pm.
Dandenong Show
THE show is in its 143rd year and will feature carnival rides, animal competitions, a fireworks display and more.
There’ll be a truck pull event and motor bike stunt shows, classic car displays and roving entertainment.
– Saturday 8 and Sunday 9 November. Entry is free for children aged under 10, $5 for children aged 10 to 14, $15 for adults, and $35 for a family. Parking is $5. Visit www.dandyshow.com.au for more information.
Historic Sandown
THE Victorian Historic Racing Register organises this annual meeting and will pay tribute to its late patron Sir Jack Brabham.
The best sports, racing and touring cars from yesteryear will be in action, alongside Australian motor racing personalities.
– Sandown Racecourse, 591-659 Princes Highway, Springvale. Friday 7, Saturday 8 and Sunday 9 November, 8am. Entry is free to Friday practice, $35 Saturday, $45 Sunday and $70 for the weekend. Pensioners and students save $5. Entry is free for children aged 15 and under. Visit www.vhrr.com/event_info.htm for more information.
Let there be jazz
A DANDENONG Civic Square coffee shop is hosting live jazz.
Clifford and Co will play the next event, Let There be Light, Let There be Jazz.
– Liberica Coffee, Dandenong Civic Centre, Library Shop 6, Level 2, 225 Lonsdale Street, Dandenong. Sunday 16 November, 1.30pm. Call 9791 4415 or email info@LibericaCoffee.com.au for more information.
All about orchids
DANDENONG and District Orchid Club meets monthly and hosts flowering competitions, guest speakers with expert advice and plant sales.
Meeting entry is free. Club membership is $20 per year.
– Dandenong Agricultural and Pastoral Society administration building, Greaves Reserve, Bennet Street, Dandenong. Friday 14 November, 7pm. Email menew@bigpond.com or call Ron Daniell on 0412 188 263 for more information.
Dinner with a VIEW
DANDENONG Evening VIEW Club will host broadcaster and actor Kevin Trask as its next guest speaker.
The club supports The Smith Family. New members are always welcome.
– Dandenong RSL, 44-50 Clow Street, Dandenong. Tuesday 11 November, 7pm. Call 9795 1222 for more information.
Neighbourhood Watch
GREATER Dandenong Neighbourhood Watch’s next forum will feature David Mann as guest speaker.
He’s the roving reporter for Mann About Town on 3AW, a promotions and marketing manager and is passionate about Neighbourhood Watch.
– Rooms three and four, Paddy O`Donoghue Centre, 18-34 Buckley Street, Noble Park. Wednesday 19 November, 7.30pm to 9pm. Light supper is provided. Call or text Dawn on 0407 325 030 or email president@nhwgreaterdandenong.org for more information.
Retreat with yoga
HERITAGE Hill yoga instructor Jo Odessa will co-ordinate retreats over Saturdays in November.
They’ll include beginners’ courses, hot yoga and cool yoga and more.
– Saturdays 8, 15, 22 and 29 November, 9.30am to 12.30pm. The cost is $55, including lunch. Call Jo on 0405 427 183 or email jo@odessagallery.com to book.
Dandenong Community Cemetery Tours
FRIENDS of Dandenong Cemeteries leads tours through the Dandenong Community Cemetery to discover the final resting places of many Dandenong pioneers and tells the anecdotes and stories about the locally important, unusual or infamous. Each tour is unique and runs for 90 minutes.
– Dandenong Community Cemetery, Kirkham Road, Dandenong South. Sunday 9 November, 2pm to 3.30pm. The tour costs $15. Bookings are essential. Call 0411 399 449 for more information.
Music for seniors
ENJOY music in the gardens at Heritage Hill.
Participants can bring their own picnic lunch and rug. Attendance is free but bookings are essential.
– Heritage Hill Museum and Historical Gardens, 66 McCrae Street, Dandenong. Monday 17 November with The Templestowe Entertainers, 1.30pm to 3pm. Book on 9793 4511.
Koori Youth Group
THE Koori Youth Group is a place for indigenous young people to meet and get involved in music, art, sports and community events.
The free group meets each Monday during school terms.
– The Castle, Hemmings Park, Princes Highway, Dandenong. 4pm to 6.30pm. Contact Youth Services on 9793 2155 or on Facebook at www.facebook.com/cgdyouthservices for more information.
University of the Third Age
THE Dandenong U3A offers 40 classes to retirees, Monday to Friday.
Annual membership is $40 and gives access to all classes.
– Call 9546 2997 or visit www.dandenongu3a.com.au for more information.
Game On
THE Game On Basketball Program is for 12 to 25-year-olds who enjoy basketball and breakdancing.
Participants can join in the casual basketball games with their own team or join another team and there’s a large stage for breakdancing rehearsal.
City of Greater Dandenong’s Youth Services runs the free program.
– Noble Park Community Centre, Memorial Drive, Noble Park. Mondays, 4.30pm to 7pm, except public holidays. Call 9793 2155 or Facebook message www.facebook.com/cgdyouthservices for more information.
Chapel Concert Series
HAILEYBURY is presenting a lunchtime concert series in a chapel known for its excellent acoustics and stained-glass mosaic windows.
The free series is open to the public and will feature leading music students, Old Haileyburians and members of the music staff.
– David Bradshaw Chapel, Haileybury College, 855 Springvale Road, Keysborough. 12 and 26 November, 1.20pm to 2pm. Call 9213 2222 for more information.
Walk this way
SPRINGVALE Neighbourhood House is welcoming new members to its Friday walking group.
The beginners group for people of all fitness levels walks to a local place of interest and back, within an hour.
All walkers are issued with a map and can walk at their own pace.
– Springvale Neighbourhood House, 46-50 Queens Avenue, Springvale. Fridays 7, 14, 21 and 28 November, 9.30am. Call Melanie Virtue on 9548 3972 for more information.
Rare plants
THE Heritage Hill gardeners have planted some rare and significant plants towards the front of the Laurel Lodge gardens.
Visitors can take a self-guided tour of the gardens or can arrange to visit as a group.
– Heritage Hill Museum and Historic Gardens, 66 McCrae Street, Dandenong. Monday to Friday, 10am to 4pm and Sunday noon to 4pm. Call 9793 4511 to book.
Back to nature
ALEX Wilkie Nature Reserve will host open days every Friday and the third Sunday of the month during spring and summer.
Park rangers are available for guided tours or guests can take a ride on a live steamers mini-train.
– Alex Wilkie Nature Reserve, Mackay Street, Springvale South. Bookings are essential. Call 8571 1702 for more information.
