CANBERRA AIRPORT OPEN DAY

The Canberra Airport Open Day is happening again on Sunday 28 March from 9.30am – 1.30pm, and will feature loads of aircraft displays and children’s activities!

AVIATION DISPLAY

Come and climb aboard a Qantas, QantasLink, Virgin Blue or Brindabella Airlines plane, or take a step back in time with a display from the Historical Aircraft Restoration Society.

Aircraft that will be on display include:

- Qantas 767.300
- QantasLink Q400
- Virgin Blue 737.800
- Brindabella Airline’s J41 and Metro
- Super Constellation “Connie”
- DC3/C47
- Neptune Bomber
- Catalina flying boat
- L39 Jet Aircraft
- Many more small aircraft and warbirds


CARNIVAL

There will be something for everyone including children’s rides, great food and entertainment for the whole family.

Carnival activities include:

- FM104.7 outside broadcast
- Jumping castles & inflatable worm ride
- Face painting and glitter tattoos
- Animal patting paddock
- Roving entertainment
- Australian Federal Police stall
- ACT Aeromodellers Association flight simulators
- Canberra Gliding Club aircraft display and
- Rides in a tethered RAAF hot air balloon

There will be a range of food stalls at the Carnival, including coffee, a sausage sizzle, gelato and dutch pancakes!

Parking is free in and around Brindabella Business Park – just follow the signs to “Airport Open Day”.

Calling all dog loving families, you’d be barking mad if you miss this day.

This Dogs’ Day Out promises to be a great day for families and their four legged friends. Set on the lake foreshore you will be able to enjoy a fun filled day of great activities.

See the flyball, agility and obedience demonstrations, or put your dog through RSPCA’s agility course.

There will be a great range of stalls including fundraising dog washes, free vet advice, dog gifts and discount micro-chipping. There will also be fun competitions, prizes and much more.

In the spirit of responsible dog ownership, people are asked to keep their dogs on a lead at all times.

For more details and upcoming events visit www.roundtown.act.gov.au or call Canberra Connect on 13 22 81.

The Big Push. A community fun day with a 4km novelty walk around the shores of Yerrabi Pond, Gungahlin Lake with stalls, free kids activities, BBQ and prizes. In the sprit of the event participants are encourage to either push/pull a non motorised item around the foreshores or come in fancy dress (spot prizes will be awarded for creativity). Registration at 10:00am, pram and wheel chair friendly, $5 per person kids under 6 free.

All proceeds will be reinvested into community projects within the Gungahlin region.

Free event giving everyone an opportunity to give away useable but unwanted things by putting them out the front of their property (not on the nature strip) for anyone to collect. Participants are encouraged to register their address and list items thay have to give away on our website to maximise the chance of things being collected. Details of event, registration form and lists of registrations available on website: www.tams.act.gov.au/secondhandsunday. Registration closes 5pm Tuesday 23 March 2010. Anyone wishing to take part as a collector only is welcome.

The Oriana Chorale, conducted by their new Music Director, David Mackay, will present a concert of sacred and secular a cappella works from Tudor and Jacobean England on Saturday and Sunday, the 27th and 28th of March at 5pm at St Paul’s Anglican Church in Manuka, ACT.

At the heart of this musical offering are the towering figures of Thomas Tallis and his student William Byrd who later became his collaborator. The programme explores the relationship between the two composers, which changed with the years and with the political and religious climate of the English court in the 16th century. The Oriana Chorale will trace their story in both song and the spoken word and display the heritage of music from Tudor England through the works of Byrd and Tallis, as well as Orlando Gibbons and Thomas Tomkins. They will explore how the Reformation led to a preference for English words over Latin, and the simpler melodies and harmonies of homophony over the complexities of polyphony.

Tickets are available from Canberra Ticketing (02 6275 2700) and at the door ($40 full, $30 concessions, $15 students).

www.orianachorale.com.au

School fete. Fun for all. Rides, reptile display, tombola, Sri Lankan food, sausage sizzle, cake stall and trash and treasure.

Woden Community Service and Rotary Club of Woden Daybreak are hosting the fourth annual Monster Easter Egg Hunt on Sunday 28 March from 9.30am-12 noon at Lyons Early Childhood School, Tarraleah Cres (off Laucenston St) Lyons.

There will be lots of activities for the kids, including face painting. The egg hunt will be on at 10.30am, followed by a BBQ lunch.
Entry via gold coin donation. For more information, please do not hesitate to contact Emma on 6234 6820.

Pre-loved and good-as-new horse gear.

Come along and find a bargain or bring a car load of your gear to sell.

Sellers $10 per car.
Buyers come FREE!

Canteen and toilet facilities.
Horse riding demonstrations
Free competitions.

Where: Hake Street, Kambah
When: Sunday, 28 March

Gates open from 9 am to 12 noon.
Sellers arrive 8:45am.

www.KambahPonyClub.org/KPC-CarBootSale.html

Handmade - Canberra's quarterly Upmarket brings together talented artists, designers, stylists, craftspeople and gourmets all at one destination. It is a unique event to connect the makers of beautiful things to people who appreciate the quality, handcrafted and locally designed.
Free entry and parking

Hawker Primary School Fete-Sunday 28 March
10am - 2pm Erldunda Circuit, Hawker.

• Stuff to see: Live reptile display, dancing and other displays
• Stuff to buy: Craft, books, toys, children’s clothes, jewelry, cakes, silent auction, white elephant, toys and a plant stall.
• Stuff to do: Show bags, games, rides, sausage sizzle, café and much more….