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What’s New

This week:

We found out the opening date of the Barra Fun Park’s new aqua park. This will be something

new and exciting for the people of Townsville.

Townsville Tennis have come on board to let us know of some upcoming activities over the

school holidays, and for the adults they are running a 6 week Fitcamp. Details on page 4.

What’s On In Brief

All Weekend

Strand Ephemera

Sensation Food & Wine Festival

Magnetic Island Bay Dayz Festival 2013

Saturday

Mini-Car Boot Sale

Family Fun Night presented by the Daniel Morcombe

Foundation

Sunday

Apex Club of Townsville presents National Children’s Day

Thursday

Fitcamp – at Tennis Townsville.

Coming Soon

Barra Fun Park’s aqua park opening

Tennis Townsville School Holiday Clinic

2013 Ergon Energy Townsville NQ Age Tennis

Championships

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All Weekend

Strand Ephemera

When: Ends Sunday, 8th September 2013

Where: The Strand, Townsville

Townsville’s Biennial Sculpture festival, consisting of 31 artworks, concludes this weekend. Checkout the tours, workshops and sculptures. The official website has a program to download, which has great detail of the tours and workshops.

Townsville Home Show and Caravan Camping Expo

When: Saturday 8.30am - 5pm, Sunday 8.30am - 4pm Where: Townsville Entertainment and Convention Centre Cost: Adults $10, Aged Seniors Card $8, Children Free with an adult

A combined Home Show and Camping and Caravan Expo, showcasing top quality products for home building, home improvement, enjoying your home and getting away from it. With free kids’ rides all weekend.

Sensation Food & Wine Festival

When: 6 - 8 September, 2013 Where: Victoria Bridge, Townsville CBD

“One Weekend - Three Sensational Events”

Friday 5-9pm: Enjoy the “Cocktail Kick Off”. Cost $25 with cash bar and food sales.

Saturday: Experience a five-course degustation dinner party with Townsville's finest restaurants accompanied by premium wines under the spring time stars. Cost $280 per person/$2700 per table.

Sunday 1-6pm: Experience our NQ spring, under full shade, with an extensive range of fine wines and cuisine, accompanied by the legend of guitar - Phil Emmanuel. Cost $80 per person (pre-purchase)/$90 per person (at the gate).

*Please note ticket allocation may have been exhausted prior to the event, so contact the organisers to purchase tickets and ensure availability. Ph: 07 4724 3396

Magnetic Island Bay Dayz Festival 2013

When: Runs from 6th September until 6th October 2013

Where: Multiple locations around Magnetic Island

Saturday is the Magnetic Island Community Fair, at Magnetic Island State School, 10am—3pm. With stalls, rides, displays and more. Free Entry.

While some events are running on specific days, there are a number of specials and events running throughout the festival, for example, Tastes Of Magnetic Restaurant Discounts, Stage Door Theatre Dinner & Show Discount, several exhibitions.

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Saturday

Mini-Car Boot Sale

When: Saturday, September 07, 2013, 8am - 3pm Where: 78 Tully St, South Townsville Cost: Free Entry

Hosted by the Townsville South State School P&C. Includes mini car boot sale, sausage sizzle, hot and cold drinks, cake stall, kids’ activities. Car boot stalls available for $10. Townsville South State School is also a polling both, so check it out and kill two birds with one stone.

Family Fun Night presented by the Daniel Morcombe Foundation

When: Saturday, September 07, 2013 Where: Strand Park, The Strand Cost: Free

Free face painting, activities and sausage sizzle. Information stalls & displays. Guest speakers Bruce & Denise Morcombe 6-7pm. Presented by the Daniel Morcombe Foundation.

Sunday

Apex Club of Townsville presents National Children’s Day

When: Sunday 8th September, 10am—3pm Where: The Model Engineers Train Park , Boundary Street across from the Civic Theatre. (map) Cost: $6 per person aged 3+

Includes: Train rides, cold drinks, sausage sizzle and hot chips, face painting, fairy floss and popcorn, Melville’s Farm, tractor rides and much more. REMEMBER! Closed in footwear must be worn.

National Sustainable House Day

When: Sunday 8 September, 10am until 2pm Where: 56 Cape Pallarenda Road, Rowes Bay Cost: Free

Learn ways to turn your home into a sustainable home with information on turning your backyard into lunch, water and energy saving and see how the old caretaker’s cottage at the council’s Rowes Bay depot has been retrofitted to become an energy and water efficient property. Be one of the first 50 people there and swap your old sprinkler for a new water efficient sprinkler.

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GET FIT!

Fitcamp

When: Thursdays 6am - 7am for 6 weeks starting 5th September Where: Tennis Townsville, 32 Burke St, North Ward

Get fit for Summer with the 6 week Fitcamp program! Fitcamp - fun and challenging workouts to increase fitness. Fully supervised by experienced personal trainers. Every session is interesting and challenging. Exercises and activities offered with a range of difficulty to cater for different levels of intensity.

Don’t worry that you missed the first week, there is a casual rate of $10 per week.

Coming Soon

Water Park Opening

You may have heard about the aqua park which is opening at Townsville’s Barra Fun Park, in Kelso (formerly know as Townsville Barra and Cable Ski Park). The opening is on 14th September, which is next weekend. It will be challenging and exciting fun for adults and kids from 5 and older.

When: Opening Saturday 14th September 2013, 10am –4pm Where: Barra Fun Park - 505 Allambie Lane, Kelso (last on left)

Barra Fun Park is open Every weekend 10am—4pm and all through the school holidays. If you want to take a sneak peak at the aqua park and cannot wait until next weekend, head out this weekend and try your hand at fishing or check out the cable ski. More details available on the office website www.barrafunpark.com.

Tennis Townsville

Tennis Townsville have informed us of some great ways to keep the kids busy these school holidays. There are 2 options. One is a training clinic, the other is a Junior competition.

Tennis Townsville School Holiday Clinic

When: 26th September -27th September 2013, 3pm - 6pm. Where: Tennis Townsville, 32 Burke St, North Ward

Junior clinic for all ages teaching technique, ball skills, game play (and match play for the older children). A great way to fill in the holidays with fun and exercise! The program is suitable for children of ALL ages (4-17 years) and abilities.

2013 Ergon Energy Townsville NQ Age Tennis Championships

When: 29th September - 1st October, 8am—7pm Where: Tennis Townsville, 32 Burke St, North Ward

Australian Ranking Junior Tour Tournament. AR Status -16/U, 14/U & 12/U – Bronze.

More detail on the Tennis Townsville website.