Category: Event Calendar

Devinely Fit Yoga & Lifestyle invites you to join us and over 1 billion people around the world to our very special Earth Hour 2012 celebration! Date: Saturday 31 March 2012 Time: 7:30-9:30 pm Venue: Devinely Fit Yoga & Lifestyle, 1/44 Manning Street, Kiama Bring along a plate to share, cushion to sit on, candles,…

Learn how to make paper beads, Christmas decorations, cards and much more from recycled materials. Where: Wollongong Botanic Garden Discovery Centre, Madoline Street, Keiraville Cost: $8 pay on the day Contact: Enquiries call Wollongong Botanic Garden Office 4225 2636 or email botanicgarden@wollongong.nsw.gov.au

Learn about the benefits of creating backyard habitats through designing, planting and creating a unique habitat garden display around the Discovery Centre. This handson interactive workshop will equip you with information on native plant species and habitat types to attract different animals to your backyard. Where: Wollongong Botanic Garden Discovery Centre, Madoline Street, Keiraville Cost: $8 (includes…

Wollongong City Council residents are invited to take advantage of our summer plant sale. Please bring your rates notice with you. Where: Wollongong Botanic Garden Greenplan Nursery, Northfields Avenue, Keiraville (next to the soccer fields). Look for the green flags. Cost: Plants from $6.50. Cheque or debit/credit card (no cash or American Express accepted) Contact: No bookings required.…

Make a no dig garden in a foam box to take home. Please bring sunscreen and a hat. Where: Wollongong Botanic Garden Discovery Centre, Madoline Street, Keiraville Cost: $8 pay on the day Contact: Enquiries call Wollongong Botanic Garden Office 4225 2636 or email botanicgarden@wollongong.nsw.gov.au

Fungi are colourful, interesting and extremely important parts of our natural environment. This workshop aims to teach about this diverse and unique kingdom through simple identification of common fungi and discovery of their key roles in the natural world through interactive exploration of the beautiful Wollongong Botanic Garden. Where: Wollongong Botanic Garden, Discovery Centre, Madoline Street, Keiraville Cost: $8 (includes morning tea…

Kids 8-14 years are invited to come and learn to fish safely and responsibly on Saturday 10 December at Reddall Parade Park, near the kiosk on the south-east side of Windang Bridge, Lake Illawarra. The day runs from 10am – 2pm and involves fishing techniques, bag and size limits and fish handling for catch and release. The cost is $40…

Conservation Volunteers is hosting a free guided bird watching walk in the scenic Seven Mile Beach National Park from 8am-11am on Saturday 3 December. The walk will take you through some spectacular stands of Eucalypts before going out onto the shores of Coomonderry Swamp which is the largest freshwater coastal wetland in southern NSW and is a known habitat for…

Venue: Berry Poultry Pavilion located at the Berry Showground, Alexandra Street Berry NSW. Date: Sunday 20 November 2011. Time:Poultry Shed will open from 8.30 am to view the birds and the auction will commence at 9.30am. All buyers must register prior to bidding and payments are by cash only. All birds will have informational cage…

Taste the growing season and help celebrate the 1st birthday of the Kiama Community Garden. Slow Food Saddleback and the Kiama Community Garden Committee will harvest the freshest veg and cook up brunch in the garden on Sunday 27th November 10am—12noon. Tickets $20 per person. Places are limited and may be secured upon payment by online transfer to ‘Slow Food Saddleback Inc’, ANZ Gerringong,…