We can all do our bit to make a difference. The next Clean Up Australia Day is on Sunday 1 March – the perfect time to get out and lend a hand to help clean up your local environment.
Australians generate almost 32 million tonnes of rubbish each year – that’s about 1.5 tonnes from each and every one of us and, per person, ranks us as the second highest producers of waste in the world…

--Attention: Due to the current situation with the Beechworth fires the decision has been made to cancel both performances scheduled for Friday 13th February and Saturday 14th February
Customers who have pre-paid tickets will be contacted and will receive a full refund!--

With the lush vines of the Gapsted estate vineyard and rolling hills of the Alpine Valleys as the perfect backdrop, top up your glass, and sit back and relax as a theatrical masterpiece unfolds before you. For the sixth consecutive year Gapsted Wines are delighted to host Shakespeare in the Vines. Due to popular
demand, will be two shows of Midsummer Night’s Dream- Friday 13th February and Saturday 14th February…

Looking for the perfect girls’ night out? Be Lured are setting up Pampered Princess events around the city. Imagine hitting the town for not only cocktails and canapés, but a makeover, manicure and massage as well!…

By Karen Fontaine

Bags packed, kids deposited at their grandparents’ place and the iPod ready to roll for the 90-minute drive north of Sydney, we break city limits as a pair of time-poor, highly frazzled urban dwellers. When we reach Toowoon Bay, however, it’s time to leave the real world behind and enter an oasis of calm that’s quite unlike any other we have encountered anywhere in Australia. Although it boasts all the mod cons, Kims Beach Hideaway is an utterly charming place that belongs in a bygone era.

The Combined Art Societies of Sydney invites Sydney Festival visitors and Sydneysiders to the 19th  Annual ‘Art of Sydney’ Awards Exhibition in The Terrace Room at the Australian National Maritime Museum, Darling Harbour. Over 300 original artworks will be on show.

image: By Marlene Weaver

During the Gold Coast’s popular Magic Millions racing carnival, North Burleigh Surf Club is holding a fun day fundraiser for just $50.

The day includes free return transport from the club to the races, entry costs and gourmet cocktail food- all inside the air-conditioned walls of ‘The Dome’ and the Gold Coast Surf Club. Throughout the day, North Burleigh Surf Club will also hold auctions, raffles and fashions on the field to keep the winning atmosphere alive.