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Gecko Studio Gallery Newsletter – September/October 2011
Points of View - A group show by students of Mandy Gunn in a variety of media - participating artists
are Suzanne Brandenberger, John Brandenberger, Jill Harvey, Jill Butterfield, Marni Hattam, Rob Hattam,
Anne Waters, Robin Stevens, Deb Bray, Elizabeth Landy, Helen Harrison, Helen Mackenzie, Neil Mackenzie,
Rosemary Livingstone, Bruce Grainger, Ian Gunn & Mandy Gunn
From Mandy Gunn…….
I am very excited about this exhibition as it’s a first for the art group I run on Fridays and Wednesdays and
for most of the members it’s the first time they will have exhibited their work publically, which is quite a
confronting experience for them!
We have been working together for about 3 years in my studio and if the weather is good, outside at various
venues. There tends to be a predominant land/seascape theme as most of us live along the coastWalkerville, you will see features quite prominently.
Within this theme and others I have encouraged an experimental approach with materials; for example
Helen Harrison uses her camera to record detailed shots which she then forms into grids of box like forms,
while Jill Harvey has concentrated on ink spattering with water colour to get her weathered beach paintingsthis came about after a rainy painting day one week. Robin Stevens has been trying palette knife painting
while Helen Mackenzie and Suzanne Brandenberger have used watercolours, many of their works having
been made on holiday locations like the Kimberley, Northern Territory, Menindee Lakes etc. Rosemary
Livingstone has spent some time working as a volunteer in East Timor and her acrylic paintings on board
have come from her impressions there.
Print making is a favourite activity with everyone and started out with monoprints-Jill Butterfield, Anne
Waters and Ian Gunn have examples of these and Jill, Elizabeth Landy, Deb Bray and others have
progressed onto Perspex prints, some of which have been treated quite experimentally to achieve what is
more a monoprint. Bruce Grainger arrives with lino cuts he has worked on at home to print in the studio and
then paints into them to create a unique look.
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Of course drawing is a fantastic starting point as well as an end in itself so quite often we return to the
basics with charcoal still lifes and there are some lovely examples of this in John Brandenberger and Rob
Hattam’s work.
Sadly for all of us, Rob is no longer with us, so his exhibited work is his last and we dedicate this exhibition
to Rob’s memory.
The growing independence of individuals to work on their own is fantastic and it’s
exciting after a break to see what everyone brings in: sketch books [a very important
part of being an artist], new works, information about exhibitions seen, new materials
etc. Working in the group is wonderfully supportive, reinforcing successes and giving
everyone a huge amount of confidence. This exhibition breaks new ground for everyone,
not only with the making of artworks themselves but also the know how of how to
present these in public for a show. Many of this group had never even picked up a
paintbrush before joining the group.
Mandy Gunn
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Gecko Studio Gallery
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What’s next??
Bulabil boordup djerrup barboon yinin da booyegigat nonoongarrang gananoonoon
mangkie marrambin ("two good mates celebrate the creation of our thoughts with you") - Kate
Zizys (etchings & drawings) and Mick Harding (wood artifacts & print overlaid with copic markers) October 16 to November 19. Opening Sunday October 16 from 2-5pm.
snAPP! - Mobile Phone Camera Art – a group exhibition. November 20 to December 17. Opening
Sunday November from 2-5pm.
'quiet down' - new paper and glass works by Sarah Dingwall December 18 to January 21.
Opening Sunday December 18 from 2-5pm.
Gecko Studio Gallery workshops - Linocut Printmaking Workshop with tutor Kate Zizys. To be
held on Saturday October 1 between 9.30 – 4.30pm. Cost $150 which includes morning tea, lunch and
materials (please notify us of any special dietary needs). Paper management will be looked at, relief linocuts
will be created, printed and post-print changes made. Suitable for beginners through to experienced artists.
Phone or email Gecko Studio Gallery if you have any questions. All our workshop participants have fun and
go away with prints they have created. To book – ph Gecko Studio Gallery on 5683 2481 (open 10am –
5pm, Thursday to Monday) or email [email protected] Book early to avoid disappointment
as places are limited. To be held at Gecko Studio Gallery, 15 Falls Rd Fish Creek. See above – Kate is
exhibiting at Gecko Studio Gallery with Mick Harding between
Local Art Venues and Events
Prom Coast Arts Council ● NOTE – the next meeting will be at Monday September 19 at 6.30pm South Gippsland Secondary College Flexible Learning Centre, corner of Hoddle and Pioneer Streets, Foster
preceding the public form outlined below.
● Prom Coast Arts Council Inc presents a public forum – Journey to Berlin - Monday September 19. A
public forum featuring Dr Ken Eckersall, Shea McDonald-Eckersall & Kim McDonald with Kim & Shea
sharing experiences of their recent trip to Berlin & other parts of Germany. Shea is a year 11 student at
South Gippsland Secondary College and is studying VCE Art and Dance. Kim is undertaking a Masters in Fine
Art (by Research) at Monash University. She received a Monash University Research Travel Grant to assist
with her research on contemporary art practice in Germany. Dr Ken Eckersall will talk on trips to Germany &
discovering the German Expressionists. Venue: South Gippsland Secondary College Flexible Learning Centre.
7.00 pm - 9.00 pm. Refreshments provided. Gold coin donation. All welcome.
G8 Collective – Eight talented artists from South Gippsland – Grant Flather, Kerry Spokes, Annie
Stark, Abigail van Rooyen, Sue Gilford, Annie Parry, Helen Wilkinson and Jane Power. Oct 15 to
Oct 27 at Fitzroy Gallery, 274 Fitzroy Street, Fitzroy. Following on from a very successful exhibition last
year. Enquiries – Annie Stark 5683 2696 or Gecko Studio Gallery.
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Stefani Hilltop Gallery Artist-in-residence Bianca Biesuz-Stefani. 39 Keane’s Rd, Fish Creek. Ph 5683
2253. http://members.dcsi.net.au/hilltop_gallery/ Open Thursday to Monday or by appointment.
The Celia Rosser Gallery and Banksia Café Promontory Road, Fish Creek. Ph 5683 2628 Open
10–4pm, Fri, Sat & Sun, Mon. http://www.celiarossergallery.com.au/
Ride the Wild Goat Workshop & Gallery 5 Falls Rd, Fish Creek. Ph 5683 2661. Paintings and one-off
handmade furniture by Andrew McPherson. Open Fri, Sat, Sun, Mon – 10.30 – 4.30pm. 5683 2661, 0417
370 596 [email protected]
Stockyard Gallery ● Here and There - Fish Creek Art Group. September 1 to 27. Fish Creek Art
Group presents a diverse selection of works from more than twenty of its members. Opening on Friday 2nd
September at 5pm. ● Beyond the Mind’s Eye - celebrating Mental Health Week - an exhibition of works by
people with mental health conditions, and by their families, friends and carers - September 29 - October 11.
20 Main Street, (PO Box 211) Foster 3960. Open 10 am to 4 pm daily Phone: 5682 1125 email
[email protected] www.stockyardgallery.org.au/
Meeniyan Art Gallery Fishy Baskets - Pat Dale. Until Sept 22. An exhibition of sculptured baskets.
Memories are a strong influence in these works. I owe much to distant and remote shorelines and the
chance to dream of rainforest jungle. I am aware of the influences and references that have been created as
in my mind I have worked toward the techniques I will use, settling on open twining and random weaving as
a clean and simple tool to say what I need to say without the bother of correctness.
●“Wood, Fire and Rain” - Ray & Russell Lilford. Sept 24 – Oct 27
84 Whitelaw St, Meeniyan. Wednesday to Monday (closed Tuesday) 10 – 4pm. Saturday & Sunday 11 –
5pm. Ph 5664 0101 [email protected] http://meeniyanartgallery.org.au/
Annie Stark Studio – 67 Falls Rd, Fish Creek, ph 5683 2696. Annie specialises in paintings of the
Australian outback in rich earthy tones. Please phone to arrange your visit.
Foster's Little Bookshop ● Talking Books with Jan Bull – a radio program on books and reading,
3mFM (88.1, 89.1 and 89.5 on the dial) every Sun morning after the 11 o’clock news.
4 Station Rd, Foster. Ph 5682 2089, e Foster’s Little Bookshop email Sign up for their email newsletter at
http://www.fosterslittlebookshop.com.au/
Coal Creek Community Gallery ● Quilt Show until Sept 21 ● Cancer Council of Victoria Arts
Awards. September 25 – October 16. Established as a means for people touched by cancer to communicate
their experiences in a creative way, our Arts Awards program is an annual event that accepts entries in 9
categories: Visual Art, Short Story, Poetry, Indigenous Visual Art, Film, Youth Art, Youth Writing,
Children's Art, Children's Writing. http://www.artsawards.com.au/default.asp
[email protected]
● Footprints: The Journey of Lucy and Percy Pepper November 2 – December 20. This special
exhibition and accompanying book is a fascinating search through public and family records that trace the
lives of one Aboriginal family in the first half of the twentieth century. Footprints explores the different
places the Pepper family lived along with extraordinary details about the events of their lives, their resilience
in the face of adversity, and the strong family connections they fiercely protected despite government
policies that aimed to separate so called “half-caste” Aboriginal people from their full-blood family relations.
Featuring information panels and a short film, Footprints also illustrates how Aboriginal people can retrace
the steps of their ancestors through public records, and in the case of the Stolen Generations, reconnect
with families and communities.
Every day 9 - 5pm. Coal Creek Community Park and Museum, Korumburra, open 7 days a week 9am to
4.30pm. Entry is free. Ph 5655 1811 or visit http://www.coalcreekvillage.com.au/
2011 South Gippsland Youth Film Festival Sun, 23 Oct 10:00am - 2:00pm. South Gippsland Youth
Council calls on all young filmmakers to produce and enter short films for the 2011 South Gippsland Youth
Film Festival in October. This annual event is a rare opportunity for young people to see their films up on the
‘silver screen’ – at ‘The Upstairs Theatre’, Leongatha’s original theatre, up the stairs at the Memorial Hall
complex. Entrants must be between the ages of 15 and 25 and be a resident of South Gippsland, or have a
connection to the South Gippsland Region; this means young people who have been residents of South
Gippsland and left the district for work/study are still eligible to enter their films. Young people who live
outside South Gippsland, but study or work or have sporting / social connections in South Gippsland are also
eligible to enter their films. Entrants will need to submit their films on DVD, and can obtain an entry form
with full details by contacting Sophie Dixon, Community Strengthening Support Officer at South Gippsland
Shire Council on 5662 9202 or via email [email protected]. The entry form is also
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available through download on the South Gippsland Shire Council website – www.southgippsland.vic.gov.au
(navigate to the Youth page). The event is also on Facebook – search events for South Gippsland Youth
Short Film Festival. The closing date for entries is 5pm on 13 October 2010.
Prom Coast Film Society The Prom Coast Film Society offers a BONUS SCREENING - 6:00pm on Friday
7th October in the Fish Creek Hall. The first film to be shown is Australian Rules, a 2002 Australian film
directed by Paul Goldman. The film was adapted from the novel, Deadly, Unna?, by Phillip Gwynne. It stars
Nathan Phillips, Luke Carroll, Tom Budge, Brian Torry and Lisa Flanagan. The film was launched at the
Melbourne International Film Festival. Australian Rules is about a young man experiencing the hardships of
growing up in rural South Australia, in particular dealing with the issue of racial relationships through the
central characters, their involvement in local Australian Rules football, and aboriginal players. In an isolated
South Australian fishing town, the only thing that connects two communities the whites and the blacks is
football. Gary Black (Nathan Phillips) and Dumby Red (Luke Carroll) are an exception; teenage best friends
from different sides of the tracks. Dumby is the star of the football team and likely to become the next big
Aboriginal star in the big leagues. Gary is the bookish son of a hard-drinking and brutal white fisherman,
Bob Black (Simon Westaway). He is attracted to Dumby’s beautiful sister, Clarence (Lisa Flanagan). When
their team wins the premiership, Dumby’s elation is short-lived. He is passed over for the best-on-ground
prize, setting off a chain of events that ends in tragedy.
8:00pm Friday 7th October in the Fish Creek Hall A Clockwork Orange is a 1971 film adaptation of
Anthony Burgess’s 1962 novel of the same name. It was written,directed and produced by Stanley Kubrick.
It features disturbing, violent images, facilitating its social commentary on psychiatry, youth gangs, and
other social, political, and economic subjects in a dystopian, future Britain.
● The rules governing Victorian Film Societies allow only subscriptions, rather than charging for individual
films and the Prom Coast Film Society will be offering annual, six month and three month membership
subscriptions. To make it a very social night Windy Ridge Winery will have wine by the glass to purchase
and supper will be available after the screening. Further details about the Prom Coast Film Society can be
found at the FAMDA website www.famda.org.au Enquiries can be sent to [email protected] or phone
Catherine McGlead on 0407 543 371. Annual Subscription - $75, 3 months - $28.
The Art Gallery of Inverloch Helen & Tamsin - Shop 3 / 7 A'Beckett Street. Inverloch, 3996. Ph 5674
2145. [email protected] www.inverlochartgallery.com/
Inverloch Community House ● A Place to Paint - Do you sketch or paint? We welcome oil, acrylic,
watercolour, crayon, pastel and pencil artists. BYO your materials and projects and work in an environment
of mutual inspiration. Please note that there is no tutor involved. Fridays, 10:00-3:00pm. Cost: $2
(members) $4 (non members) Inverloch Community House - 16 Abeckett Street, Inverloch. Ph 5674 2444
Inverloch Community Hub The Art of Friends – An exhibition of mixed media paintings by Chezz
Bradshaw, Nola Sieh-Brown, Di Campbell, June Rahn, Pat Dempsey, Jane Ziebell, Alayne
McKenzie, Marie Werrett. Oct 1 to Oct 31. Opening Sat Oct 1 between 3 – 5pm. Inverloch Community
Hub 16 A’Beckett Street, Inverloch. Open Monday – Friday 9am – 5pm, weekends by request in attached
Visitor Information Centre. All sales and artists enquires go direct to exhibiting artist. For more information
on exhibiting your artwork visit www.basscoast.vic.gov.au or call 1300 BCOAST (226 278) – contact
Facilitator Cathy Gillam for more details. [email protected]
Leongatha Gallery feature artist for Aug, Sept, Oct 2011 is Sue Gilford—new work - large pyrographic
drawings on wood with the subject of asylum seekers. Leongatha Art Gallery is located opposite the Post
Office (cnr McCartin St & Michael Pl). Open: weekdays 10am-5pm (closed Tuesday) Saturday 10am- 2pm.
Ph 56625370.
Mushroom Art/Craft 40 Bair St, Leongatha 5662 2144. Open weekdays 10 – 5pm, Sat 10 – 3pm.
Sandy Point Art Trail – Sandy Point Art Gallery – 33 Beach Parade ph 5684 1094
[email protected] www.sandypointgallery.com.au Working Garden Studio - 85 Sandy
Point Rd (entry & parking in Aqua Crt) ph 5684 1379 open when sign is out or ph to arrange a visit.
Portrait Studio - 16 Sunshine Rise (cnr Surfers Walk & Sunshine rise) ph 5684 1545
www.sallygibsonportraits.com.au Open when the sign is out or ph to arrange a visit.
Sandy Point Art Gallery Coastal Landscapes – paintings by Mary Shaw, Sally Gibson, Margaret
Lacey, Inger Nillson, Anna Walter, Fleur Wheeler, Phyllis Cozens. September 24 to October 9.
Opening Sunday September 25 between 2 and 5pm. – 33 Beach Parade ph 5684 1094
[email protected] www.sandypointgallery.com.au
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Toora Art Group meet every Sunday at 1pm at old Bonlac factory, Jetty Rd, Toora. Enquiries – Stephanie
Deutschbein ph 5681 6251 or Marilyn Zanella 5686 2207 Marilyn Zanella email Works by members of the
Toora Art Group can be seen in an exhibition space as part of Windmill Cafe, 25-29 Stanley St, Toora 5686
2417 (Karen & Irwin)
Mayfield Gallery Open daily (inc public holidays) 10-5pm. – Di & John Koenders – Fairbank Rd, Arawata.
Ph 5659 8262 www.mayfieldgallery.com.au/
Emily Koenders Art Gallery Open daily 11-5pm. 230 Ruby-Fairbank Rd, Fairbank. Ph 5662 5808
Courthouse Gallery, Yarram ● Seven Windows on the World – exhibition of mixed media artworks
by Glenis Cox, Lorna Craven-Sands, Chris Josephs, Jacqui Lee, Merril Lees, Jean Robinson and
John Southgate. Exhibition until Sept 27. ● "Wonders in Wood" - An exhibition of artworks in wood from
the State Craft Collection Sept 29 to Oct 25. A selection of finely crafted pieces in wood from the Victorian
State Craft Collection on loan from the Gippsland Art Gallery, Sale. Opened by Anton Vardy, Director
Gippsland Art Gallery, Sale and Ken Free, wood artist on Friday Sept 30 between 6 and 8pm.
● Working in Gippsland - Photographic Exhibition. An exhibition to showcase creative photography January 5th to January 31st 2012. Official opening 6th January 6 to 8pm. The Courthouse Gallery invites
you to contribute works to this exhibition. Major prizes: Open $400, student $100, popular choice $200.00.
The Courthouse Gallery is housed within the historic Yarram Courthouse building. As the Courthouse itself is
a glimpse of historical Gippsland it is a wonderful place to express many forms of art and is perfect for
showing your photographic works. Photographers can address the theme in many ways; you are only
confined by your imagination and the maximum size of the work shown. We want all artists to provide us a
short biography and background of the works you enter. These statements will be displayed with your work.
Open every day except Wednesday from 10.30am to 3.00pm. 122 Commercial Road, Yarram, 3971. Ph
Gallery 5182 6553. President, Jenny Davies 5185 1233; Secretary, Gail Dangel 5189 1300.
www.yarramchgallery.blogspot.com/ [email protected]
Bass Coast Artists’ Society - www.bassarts.org.au/ Annual Membership Fees – Single $25, Family
$35, Social $15. To apply for membership of the Bass Coast Artists’ Society please send your name,
address, telephone number and membership type together with a cheque to: The Secretary, Bass Coast
Artist Society, P.O. Box 571, Wonthaggi VIC. 3995.
Activities - Open Studio - Held on Monday and Wednesday, all members are welcome to join in these
untutored sessions held at the Goods Shed between 10am and 3pm. Donation of $2 towards upkeep.
Contacts:- Monday - Hazel Billington 5674 2892 Wednesday - Liz Glynn 5672 2944 Life Drawing - Easels
and seating are provided and we have many wonderful models as subjects. Cost is $15 to cover the cost of
model. Tuesday: 10am to 1pm; and 7pm to 10 pm. Contact Paul Satchell, Ph 5672 1752 and Bob Tyler,
5674 9375 ● BCAS Art Exhibition – Goods Shed and Gallery Exhibition (behind Safeway and the railway
station, next to Big W) – Mondays & Wednesdays between 10am – 3pm and Rotary Market days, 2nd Sunday
each month through the year, 10am – 1pm.
Wonthaggi Rescue Station Arts Inc., Community Arts Center - West Area Road, PO Box 170
Wonthaggi 3995. Wendy Crellin, President ph 5672 1949 [email protected]. Treasurer Teana Roetz
5674 2832. Email: [email protected]
http://rescuestationarts.org.au/
Bass Coast Acquisitive Art Exhibition 2011 The Bass Coast Acquisitive Art Exhibition showcases the
works of five award winning artists who have been chosen from local community arts shows over the past
year. The award prize is an invitation to exhibit at this exhibition, where a panel will choose one art piece to
become part of the Bass Coast Shire Council art collection. The winning artist will receive $5000 and the
other artists will receive $1000. Participating artists: Matthew Petrucci who received his award from the
San Remo Art and Photographic Show. Ramon Horsfield who received his award from the Corinella and
District Traditional Art Show. Peter Walker who received his award from the Artist's Society of Phillip
Island, Cup Weekend Exhibition. Cynthia Phelan who received her award from the Inverloch Art Show.
Diana Wilson who received her award from the Bass Coast Artist's Society, Easter Exhibition.
The panel for the Bass Coast Acquisitive Art Exhibition for 2011 are: Rodney Forbes, Senior Lecturer and
Director of Gippsland Centre of Art and Design, Director of Switchback Gallery and artist. Penny Teale,
Senior Curator and Collections Manager at McClelland Gallery in Langwarrin. Warwick Reeder, Director of
Reeder Fine Art. Formerly a Director of Heide Gallery and has worked in the art museum sector for over 33
years. Each artist will display four of their works at the Inverloch Community Hub from September 3 - 29.
Monday to Friday from 11.00am - 5.00pm. All welcome.
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Bass Coast Fine Film Group – Fine Film Group membership runs for a year from 1 April. Membership
forms are available at the Wonthaggi Cinema. For further info, contact the Secretary, Larry Hills by email at
[email protected] Sessions are tentatively set for Sundays at 11am on the following dates - April 3,
May 8, June 19, July 17, September 4, September 18 & October 9. Annual subscription from April 1, 2011 to
March 31 2012 is $50, payable by direct transfer. Through Bendigo bank branches or internet banking.
Membership forms available by contacting Larry Hills at [email protected] or by phoning 5672 5939 or
by visiting Gecko Studio Gallery.
French Film with English Subtitles
Archies on the Creek Iconic Coast Images – Maria and Warren Reed. For six years and 24
editions, Coast Magazine has presented you with iconic coast characters and images. Sept 4 to Sept 25,
10.30 to 5pm, Wednesday to Sunday. Hunt Foyer, Archies on the Creek, 81 Archies Creek Rd, Archies
Creek. Ph 5678 7787. http://www.archiesonthecreek.com.au/
Goat Island Gallery - 18 Boundary Road, Wonthaggi , ph 5672 5951 schooneart.com
Galleria del Mare @ Rhyll
Galleria del Mare, 28 Tunbridge Street, Rhyll Ph 5956 9391
[email protected]
Artist Society of Phillip Island www.aspi-inc.org.au/
Kongwak Gallery – Winter hours 16/7/11 to 28/8/11 sat and sun only 11-4 or by appointment. Ph 5674
2986. 1487 Korumburra – Wonthaggi Rd, Kongwak 3951. [email protected]
Gippsland Artists website - linking the artists of Gippsland to the world.
http://www.gippslandartists.com/
Freestone Press –Gillian Kline (mobile 0408 514 560) or email [email protected]
556 Freestone Creek Rd, Briagolong 3860 5145 5411 0408 514 560 [email protected]
Stratford Courthouse Art Gallery ● Thread of an Idea Textile Art by Chris Free Sep 15 - October
3 ● Silver, Clay & Cotton October 13 - November 7 Lisa Timms, Dinah Barton & Donna Marcius ● 'I
Q of a Fencepost' Wood Art by Ken Free Nov 11 – Dec 5 ● Bairnsdale Potters Nov 24 - December 12 St
Patrick’s Primary School. Contact Anna Roberts on 5145 6790, [email protected]. Open
10.30 to 5pm, Thur to Mon.
Creative Gippsland website – the festival in May is over but the website goes on all year round http://creativegippsland.com.au/
Town & Country Gallery "Watercolour Garden” - Sumptuous watercolour paintings by Lois Brown
celebrating the glory of Gippsland gardens. October 15 - 30 2011. This exhibition is proudly hosted in
conjunction with the West Gippsland Gardivalia Festival. 111 Princes Highway, Yarragon. Ph: 5634 2229.
Open daily 10am-5pm. www.townandcountrygallery.com.au
Latrobe Contemporary Gallery Gallery hours: Tues. Fri. 11 – 4pm, Sat. Sun. 11 – 4pm. 209
Commercial Rd, Morwell. Ph 0403 341 664 http://latrobecg.deviantart.com/ (Latrobe Contemporary Gallery
is a user pay gallery situated in Gippsland. The Gallery welcomes contemporary artists from all over but the
primary aim is to help promote the careers of local emerging and established artists. The gallery hosts a
variety of group shows and competitions also life drawing and movie nights. – Mar 2010.
www.redbubble.com/people/bigsteph )
Gippsland Art Gallery Sale • Australian Odyssey - Nicholas Chevalier. 17 September to 13
November. Australian Odyssey is the first comprehensive survey of work by Russian-born Swiss artist
Nicholas Chevalier (1828-1902), produced during his fourteen years in Australia (1855-1869). The exhibition
explores Chevalier’s landscape work in depth, spanning Victoria from the Grampians to the Gippsland and
Great Dividing Ranges. Throughout his long and illustrious career as an artist and illustrator, Chevalier
developed a fresh and lively style that was entirely his own. The exhibition will assemble Chevalier’s most
significant works, accompanied by lesser known works, studies, sketches, and a complete set of lithographs.
Australian Odyssey will be supported by a major new publication exploring the life and art of Nicholas
Chevalier. Opening: Friday 16 September 6.30pm. A Gippsland Art Gallery Travelling Exhibition.
• Dark Star - Alexander Knox. 3 September to 23 October. Alexander Knox is a Melbourne based artist
working with a wide range of techniques to produce an architecture of codified effects. Through a
combination of lighting, optics, audio, kinetic and formal elements he engages with ideas of perception,
identity and subjectivity within the late capitalist spectacle. Dark Star unites recent works by Knox ranging
from intimate light installations to large-scale sculptures. Opening: Friday 16 September 6.30pm.
● Averse - Delphine Reist. 29 October to 11 December. Acclaimed French artist Delphine Reist has
established a profile as one of Europe’s most innovative makers of video art. Her compelling work Averse
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(2007) has been shown in biennales around the world, and has been collected by the Pompidou Centre,
Paris. In a Gippsland first, the Gippsland Art Gallery presents Averse (translated as ‘downpour’ in French). In
an extension of the actual gallery space, we observe the falling and shattering of fluorescent light bulbs. In
its slow and inevitable sequence, Averse surmises the end of civilisation. Opening Friday 18 Nov 6.30pm
● New Romantics - Rob Bartolo, William Breen, Sheridan Brown, Jane Burton, Jason Cordero,
Peter Daverington, Iris Fischer, Louise Hearman, Chris Langlois, Tony Lloyd, Joanna Logue, John
Morris, Saffron Newey, Sarah Nguyen, Izabella Pluta, Kathryn Ryan, Sam Shmith, Sophia Szilagyi,
Camilla Tadich, Stephen Wickham, Philip Wolfhagen, Greg Wood. 19 November to 15 January.
Something is happening in Australian art today. We are witnessing the resurgence of ideas that took root
centuries ago – a return to passion in art, and a return to atmosphere and awe. Art today recognises that
we have undergone a spiritual loss in recent times, and is summoning the courage to fill it. Its links to an art
of two centuries ago are profound and undeniable. Historians called it Romanticism; a disposition for
melancholic yearning, for communion with nature, for the sublime. Australian artists, in countless numbers,
are engaging with these themes again today. New Romantics surveys the work of twenty-two contemporary
Australian artists who have reinvigorated this movement. This is the first exhibition that seeks to understand
a paradigm shift that is shaping the course of Australian art in the twenty-first century. New Romantics
coincides with the release of a major new publication.
● Port of Sale Civic Centre 68-70 Foster St, Sale. Ph 5142 3372. Open weekdays 10 – 5pm. Sat & Sun 12 –
4pm. www.wellington.vic.gov.au/gallery. Free entry.
LaTrobe Regional Gallery
●Memory Weaving - Jacki Parry. 10 September - 13 November. Memory Weaving will be Jacki Parry's
first solo exhibition in Gippsland and Victoria since leaving Australia in 1964. Intimate and obsessive, the
Memory Weavings are an ongoing group of works which begin as drawings and develop into intaglio prints
on handmade paper. The exhibition explores various strands of her artistic practice as printmaker, sculptor
and papermaker. ● The Shape of Things - Dan Wollmering. 6 August - 1 October. Dan Wollmering's
current exhibition focuses on his wood sculptures in various timbers and celebrates his significant output as
a sculptor. As an artist, he researches new ways to find meaning in historical and contemporary abstract
sculptural form. Using contrasting edges, form and shape we are taken on his journey with objects as life.
Opening Celebration: Friday, 19 August, 6.00pm - 8.00pm. RSVP to 5128 5700. ● Timescapes - Sarah
Reark. 20 August - 18 September. Sarah Reark's Timescapes takes us on a journey through her connection
and response to the Gippsland landscape. In her paintings, Reark explores the transformation, immersion,
transcience and solidity in environment inflicted and conflicted by time. Opening Celebration: Friday, 19
August, 6.00pm - 8.00pm. RSVP to 5128 5700. ● In the Grey Scale - Li Gang. 3 September - 16 October.
Curated by the Australian artist Tony Trembath, Li Gang - in the grey scale surveys the recent photographic
work of this Australian-trained Chinese artist. Li Gang is a graduate of Victorian College of the Arts. Since
returning to Beijing in the late 1990s, he has maintained a diverse practice, which includes painting,
sculpture and photography. The use of hand-built cameras introduces risk and accidents to Li Gang's work.
In his photographs, instead of control and mastery, there is magic and mystery. The photographic darkroom
was always a place of magic and mystery, where alchemy and science turned silver halides into pictures.
Li Gang returns to these roots. • Breathing Space - Works from the CBus Collection of Australian Art
- 2 July – 6 November 2011. The Cbus Collection of Australian Art comprises more than 300 works, dating
from the mid 1800s to the present day. CBus is the superannuation fund for the construction and building
industry and represents hundreds of thousands of workers. The fund has been investing in Australian art
from the late 1980s to early 2000s. Cosy interiors and late afternoons in private gardens, Breathing Space
considers the places where we find daily respite. From walks in suburban streets to images of still life, artists
include Howard Arkley, Margaret Preston, Roy de Maistre and Danila Vassilieff.
● Opening hours: Mon to Fri 10am to 5pm, Sat & Sun 11am to 4pm. Closed public holidays. 138 Commercial
Rd, Morwell 3840. Ph 5128 5700. www.latroberegionalgallery.com email: [email protected]
arc Yinnar • Transition by Jan Learmonth. August 30 – Sept. 17. Opening Saturday 3 September, 3 5pm. Solo exhibition of sculptures by Jan Learmonth reflecting her environmental concerns.
• Counterparts. September 22- October 8. Opening Saturday 24 Sept., 3 - 5pm. New work by Gippsland
artists using printmedia as a focus for their creative expression. Includes workshop activities in association
with Impact 7 International Printmaking Conference held in Melbourne Sept 27-30. • Nomadic Zoom.
October 11 - Nov. 5. Photo media installation by six Victorian artists: Irene Proebsting, Barry Brown,
Heinz Boeck, Nicola Vance, Julie Follett, Greg Follett. • arc Yinnar Members and Friends Summer
Show. November 11 – Dec. 16. Opening Friday evening 11 November. Open entry group exhibition for all
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artists. Any media will be accepted, small and saleable preferred for the festive season. Entry guidelines will
be available in due course with small entry fee and 25% commission on any sales.
Gallery arc, Main St, Yinnar. 12-4pm Mon-Fr, Sat 11-3pm. (Mel Ref: 528 8C) pH: 51631310.
www.arcyinnar.org.au/ [email protected]
Arc Yinnar Workshops ● arc Yinnar has so many workshops and there really is way too much detail
for us to include it all so we suggest you visit their website or phone and ask for a program to be sent out.
Here is a list of workshop titles and prices as a guide - Course: $Full / Concession - Basic Etching $125 /
$95: Photo Screen Printing $195/ $175: Blacksmithing $285 / $265: Etching in the Environment $195/
$175: Fiction Writing $90
Mixed media $100: Polychromatic printmaking $100: Art event planning $130: Dramatic Life Drawing $120:
Alginate Casting $150
Switchback Gallery Freak of Nature - An international print exchange curated by Rona Green. 7
September – 2 October 2011. Opening 5pm Tuesday 6 September 2011
Switchback Gallery is at Gippsland Centre for Art and Design, Building 6S, Monash University, Gippsland
Campus Northways Road, Churchill. Open Mon-Fri from 9am - 5pm or by appointment, closed on Public
Holidays. 9902 6261
East Gippsland Art Gallery ●Briagolong Artists Seeking the Light Until 27 September. The
Briagolong Artists are an independent group of artists who meet regularly in a studio environment and who
exhibit both independently and as a group. The exhibition highlights the diversity of media, including oil and
acrylic paint, ink, pencil, charcoal and experimental print making, techniques and styles practiced by the
artists. ● Di Deppeler 30 September–18 October. West Gallery. 3 Rooms Reclaimed – Wood as warmth,
Furniture as fun, Past as present. Well-known local artist Di Deppeler furnishes 3 ‘rooms’ with a wonderful
collection of her sculptural furniture and decorates the walls with her paintings based on a holiday to the
Centre. Di’s materials are recycled timber sourced from the tip, opp shops and second hand shops but all
are allowed to retain their original identity and character. Gallery hours: Tuesday - Friday 10am - 4pm,
Saturday 10am - 2pm. Entry is Free. 2 Nicholson Street Bairnsdale. Phone 5153 1988.
http://eastgippslandartgallery.org.au/
Mingara Gallery Painting, indigenous art, sculpture, Ceramics & Glass, Jewellery – 10Am-5:30pm daily
(closed Wednesday) 11am-5pm, Sunday [email protected] ph 5952 3722. 242 Thompson
Avenue, Cowes, Phillip Island
Leongatha Lyric Theatre [email protected] www.lyrictheatre.net.au/joomla/
FAMDA (Foster Amateur Music and Drama Association) - for the latest news and productions – visit
http://famda.org.au/
Meeniyan Amateur Dramatics Society (MADS) Meeniyan Hall, Whitelaw St, Meeniyan
www.meeniyan.org.au Performing light entertainment with the focus on young people and others new to the
stage. See website for events and dates. - Phone 5664 7473
West Gippsland Arts Centre ● Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Wed 5th Oct 8:00pm The
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra returns to the West Gippsland Arts Centre in 2011 for another glorious
night of classical music. Richard Wagner commented on its ‘indestructible beauty’ and Robert Schumann of
its ‘floating Grecian grace:’ one of Mozart's most dramatic orchestral works, his 40th symphony is also one
of his most cherished creations. It shares this Melbourne Symphony Orchestra program with Dvořák's
heroically-scaled, hauntingly melodic cello concerto, featuring as soloist the MSO's own Nicholas Bochner.
The heartfelt Adagio of Dvořák's concerto was inspired by the death of his beloved sister-in-law, and it is
this glorious music which also dominates the concerto's poignant final minutes. Paul Fitzsimon: Conductor,
Nicholas Bochner: Cello. Program: Dvořák Cello Concerto, Dall’Ongaro Perpetuum mobile, Mozart Symphony
No.40. Tickets: Full $44, Concession $42, Members $36, Under 25/Youth $28, Groups 10+ $32. PO Box
304 - Warragul 3820. Box Office & Restaurant Bookings - Ph 03 5624 2456 . Functions, Conferences &
Enquiries - Ph 03 5624 2454 [email protected]
Lyrebird Arts Council
Friday 16th September Simone Felice (USA) Support: Jordie Lane $30/$35. Formally of the Felice
Brothers, and now a fully fledged solo Artist and published Author, Simone will be hitting Melbourne in
September as he attends engagements at the Melbourne Writers Festival. Born in the Catskills Mountains,
Simone's story is one to behold. At age 12 he suffered a brain aneurysm and after emergency surgery he
had to relearn all his basic motor skills, and in 2011, he undertook emergency open-heart surgery which
forced his last tour cancellation, but that's just the body. The mind, voice and soul have been working fine
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so at 15, he was starting punk bands before turning his hand to poetry and writing, which lead to his first
collection, The Picture Show, at age 22. Then, with brothers Ian and James he formed The Felice Brothers,
which Simone stayed a part of for the recordings of Tonight at the Arizona, The Felice Brothers, and Yonder
is the Clock. During this time, Simone also managed to publish his first short works of fiction, Goodbye
Amelia, and Hail Mary Full of Hole. Moving onto a new musical group, he formed The Duke & The King with
his old friend Bird. Recorded in a cabin in the Catskills Nothing Gold Can Stay hit the stores in 2009 being
hailed as one of the most haunting and honest albums of the year. 2010's follow-up Long Live The Duke &
The King has been similarly praised. Allen & Unwin will release Simone’s latest effort and his first novel,
Black Jesus. Simone lives less than a mile from the creek-house he was born in, and travels his own
country and abroad sharing his songs and stories and we can now all share in their majesty. We know this
show will be a very special musical engagement. It has been our pleasure to have had Jordie Lane perform
at Meeniyan in the past but not for a couple of years now. Jordie has been developing his craft and a
devoted audience in the U.S. for some time now, but Jordie has returned home after this extended stint in
the U.S. to release his second album, 'Blood Thinner'. With his unique finger-style guitar, blues harmonica,
and a commanding voice that jumps from a Jimmie Rodgers yodel to a Springsteen-like roar, Jordie Lane is
fast creating a rumble amongst not only Australia’s music fans but is gaining much respect from it’s
songwriters too.
Saturday 15th October SOLD OUT Okkervil River (USA) Support: Roller One. $45/$50 (Only a few tickets
left) The poster kids of high concept alt-country, Texan six-piece Okkervil River can also lay claim to being
amongst the most critically lauded indie bands of the past decade. This Austin-based outfit combine
rambunctious country underpinnings with flecks of drunkenly melancholic rock, but their musical sorties
often range into surprisingly lyrical and complex territories. Touring on the back of their sixth studio
album, I Am Very Far, a magisterial assortment of paeans to the difficulties of being alive, Okkervil River
return to Australia in typically raucous fashion, proving to be exuberant in loneliness and exultant in defeat.
"All human life is teeming about in Sheff’s songs, which untangle the roots of Americana with sublime
narratives and a diverse, musical heft. Fifty-one literate, intense minutes long, I Am Very Farisn’t very far
short of magnificent." BBC (UK)
Friday 4th November Joe Pug (USA), Jordie Lane, Henry Wagons $35/$40. Joe, Jordie and Henry have
all performed at Meeniyan before and we have had many requests for them to return. Luckily we have the
opportunity to present you with a very special one-off show: We have managed to get them to come to
Meeniyan all on the same night and they will perform one set each. Joe Pug: Last November saw the first
ever visit by Chicago born Artist, Joe Pug to Australia and to Meeniyan. He was introduced to audiences in
Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne, and wowed them all. So much so, he has been asked back. Performing
with his trusty guitar, harmonica and sweet and soulful vocal chords, Joe Pug takes you on a journey with a
swag full of tunes from his acclaimed debut, 'Messenger', released last year on Shock. Jordie Lane: As
mentioned above, Jordie is only back in Australia for a short time and so we have jumped at the chance to
present him twice in 2 very different settings for you to enjoy before he takes off back to America. With his
unique finger-style guitar, blues harmonica, and a commanding voice that jumps from a Jimmie Rodgers
yodel to a Springsteen-like roar, Jordie Lane is fast creating a rumble amongst not only Australia’s music
fans but is gaining much respect from it’s songwriters too. Henry Wagons: Henry is one of Australia's most
entertaining solo shows involving one man and his acoustic guitar. "He has a wonderfully wicked, dark sense
of humour, but is also capable of delivering truly beautiful songs.' Jeff Jenkins/The Age.
Saturday 12th November John Hammond (USA) Support: Nick Charles $50/$55. Grammy winner and
this year’s Blues Hall of Fame inductee John Hammond is visiting our shores! Also winning this year’s Blues
Music Award for Acoustic Artist of the Year (as well as in 2003 and 2004), Best Acoustic Album in 2002 (for
his Tom Waits-produced ‘Wicked Grin’), is arguably the best exponent of acoustic blues guitar in the world.
His career spans nearly 50 years with over 30 album releases and an album score. Tom Waits called him “a
great force of nature”, he’s earned the respect of many blues legends and he’s the only musician to boast
having Jimi Hendrix and Eric Clapton in his band at the same time. Need I say more................................?
Saturday 17th December An intimate evening with Colin Hay $40/$45. Colin Hay returns to Australia
and will perform at Meeniyan as part of his Gathering Mercury Tour. There will be no support act on the
night but 2 sets by Colin Hay with a selection of his many songs, both new and old, interspersed with Colin
talking to the audience. As frontman and principle songwriter for eighties hit machine Men at Work, Colin
Hay is responsible for one of the most identifiable sounds in pop music.
He may be best known as the lead singer for Men At Work but he feels that his new album is the best he’s
ever done. Inspired by the loss of his father, Gathering Mercury reveals Hay’s emotional depth and musical
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diversity all the while captivating listeners with his usual optimism and quizzical, instantly recognizable
voice. Colin will perform songs from his new album in a night of sidesplitting random comedy, as well as
selections from his solo albums and fan favorites from the past.Hay is at the absolute peak of his craft. As a
writer and vocalist, he has never been more masterful.
"Hay is funnier than most stand-up comedians, so he'll split your sides and then drop a heartbreaking ditty on you."
- The Houston Chronicle “Gathering Mercury, his 11th solo release, contains some of the finest songs he has ever written.”
Tony Hillier, The Australian
● Tickets available from Lyrebird Bookings: Phone 5664 9239 or email [email protected] or from
Gecko Studio Gallery - 15 Falls Rd, Fish Creek ph 5683 2481, Main Street Revelations - 31 Mains St, Foster ,
ph 5682 1381 or Bair Music - 52 Bair Street, Leongatha ph 5662 3466
IMPACT 7: Intersections & Counterpoints - International Multi-disciplinary Printmaking
Conference 27-30 September 2011. www.impact7.org.au Impact 7: Intersections & Counterpoints will
focus on the multiple identity of the print, exploring the cross-disciplinary nature of printmedia
internationally and in the context of the Asia-Pacific region. Printmedia will be explored as a heterogeneous,
diverse and all pervading aspect of contemporary culture. Often located at the intersections of disciplines
and media, it is also a powerful political vehicle, generating discourse and debate by virtue of its wide
dissemination and ability to offer counterpoints to the norm. The conference addresses practitioners, writers,
critics, artists, theorists, and others working in the broad fields of print-related research. It aims to provide a
platform in which practitioners and researchers can engage in a mutually productive exchange. Media
identified by the conference will include but not be limited to: Printmaking, Photography, Graphic Design,
Architecture, Drawing, The Artist’s Book, Text, Animation, Film and Digital Media, Jewellery and Metalsmith,
Glass, Ceramic and Textile. Impact 7 will reflect on the activities of an international community of artists,
writers and designers. The conference will bring indigenous, migrant, and regional voices to the fore, with a
focus on cultural diversity, creative collaboration, the artists’ book, and communication in digital networks.
Fees are: Conference Early Bird Registration - 4 days (before 1 July) $400, Conference Standard
Registration - 4 days $450, Conference Student & Concession* Registration - 4 days $250, Monash Staff
Registration - 4 days - $250, One Day Pass - Standard - $125, One Day Pass - Student & Concession - $75,
Single Session Pass (this does not include Keynote Talks) - $50. Please email [email protected] or call
on 9903 4034 for further information.
Visitor news & info ● Subscribe to the Prom Country Tourism enewsletter at
www.visitpromcountry.com.au/ ● Drive South Gippsland - Prom Country Regional Tourism and Bass Coast
Business and Tourism Partnership have created a fantastic website & brochure detailing the different driving
routes through South Gippsland. Check out the website: www.drivesoutherngippsland.com.au ●Prom Coast
Tourism – check out www.promcoasttourism.com.au/ Where, amongst a stack of useful info, you can view
& download the Prom Coast Tourism 2011 brochure. ● Bass Coast Shire Council has put out a free 24 page
2011 arts brochure which can be obtained from Council offices, visitor info centres or from
www.basscoast.vic.gov.au
Fish Creek - Fish Creek Art Group Inc. Meets at Fish Creek Scout Hall 1st and 3rd Tuesday of each
month. Contact details- PO Box 15, Fish Creek 3959.
The Flying Cow Café – 9 Falls Rd, Fish Creek. Breakfast & lunch - 10am onwards, closed Wednesday and
Thursday (open Thursdays in January). Hours can be a little flexible depending on how many travelers are
about. Ph 5683 2338
Fish Tales Bookshop 17 Falls Rd, Fish Creek Ph & fax 5683 2246, [email protected]
www.3fold.com.au/fishtales.htm Open 11 – 4pm Thur, Fri & Sat. Proprietors: Bridget Crowe & Michael
Chang (& Nina!)
Café KO Bar and Grill – 2 Old Waratah Rd, Fish Creek. 5683 2207. Open Wed to Sunday. On Sat & Sun,
breakfast will on offer from 9am. Other days: open from 12-12.30 for lunch and dinners from 5.30pm
onwards.
Fish Creek Hotel/Motel (with the giant fish on the roof) - Amy and staff. Ph 5683 2404
Promontory Gourmet Foods - PO Box 25 Fish Creek 3959. Ph 5683 2313. [email protected]
Port Albert Wildfish Restaurant - 40 Wharf Street, Port Albert Ph 5183 2007. Seafood/contemporary.
Fri 5.30pm-8pm; Sat-Sun 11.30am-3pm; Sat 5.30pm-8.30pm; Sun 5.30pm-7.30pm
Loch ● Hard Loch Café – Licensed – Open 7 days a week, 9.30am to 4pm. Fine food, organic coffee,
unique teas, local wines, seasonally influenced menu using local produce , local tourism information, art
work and products, catering & special occasion cakes made to order , group dinners & evening functions
welcome. 10 Smith St, Loch VIC 3945 ph 5659 4466 [email protected]
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Koonwarra - ● Koonwarra Farmers Market - First Saturday of every month. 8am till 12 noon
Meeniyan ● moo’s at meeniyan – restaurant and café. Winery of the month - Clair de Lune
Vineyard was established in 1997 and is nestled in the rolling hills of the Strzelecki Ranges, South
Gippsland. The 12ha property has a 4ha vineyard with three distinctive soil types, variation and aspects
which add to the diversity, character and complexity of their wines. Winemaker Brian Gaffy is not an
interventionalist and wants his wines to reflect the originality of his terroir at Clair de Lune. To achieve this
he works extremely hard in the vineyard, believing that the creation of a healthy vineyard will in turn
produce magnificent fruit. Their wines are not industrial in texture or style but display a uniqueness of
flavour and character that embodies the magic of their terroir. All wines are hand-crafted using traditional
winemaking techniques, and grapes are gently hand pressed to ensure maximum flavour and wine quality.
At Moo’s in September we are showcasing these two favourites from Clair de Lune Vineyard:2009 Oaked
Chardonnay - cool climate in style, stylish with vibrant pear/apple and grapefruit qualities. Matured in both
old and new French oak 2009 Pinot Noir - an attractive, deep, cherry-coloured wine matured in French oak
offering soft tannins, savoury fruit and spice flavours, with a complex mouth feel and long after-taste.
Dinner with winemaker Brian Gaffy at Moo’s on Saturday 24th September at 7.00pm 3 course dinner
including wine tasting $70 per person, bookings essential. Artist of the month - Shirley O’Donnell is a
local artist and valued Moo’s customer! She was born and brought up in South Africa and always knew she
had a love of art. She is very worldly, having worked and travelled in Europe and England which is where
she met her Australian husband. After settling here and raising two children Shirley finally realised her
dream and started drawing classes, “I had found my great love!” Shirley has worked in life drawing,
portraiture, watercolour, sculpture and nowadays mosaics and craft of all sorts, “I am happiest always
making something!” Shirley has adorned our walls with some lovely pastels, come and enjoy.
89 Whitelaw St, Meeniyan. Ph 5664 0010, fax 5664 0050 [email protected]
www.moosatmeeniyan.com.au
● Meeniyan Progress Association presents the Meeniyan Town Tavern Night. John Cocking will M.C. the
27th Birthday Edition of these nights of entertainment. A great variety of performers, including Gene Jarvis
from the Valley and Les Anderson, Leongatha both returned after a long absence, will be on hand
plus of course a host of other performers. 8pm Saturday 8 October, Meeniyan Hall. Cost $8. BYO drinks,
nibbles and glasses. Free tea and coffee. Bookings helpful. For information ring Eric on 5664 7376
[email protected]
● Pause @ Meeniyan – coffee, light meals & homemade cakes and goodies. Ph 5664 0071. 84 Whitelaw
St, Meeniyan (next door to the Meeniyan Art Gallery)
Leongatha Serafino's Blue Lounge Pizzeria 7-9 Bair St, Leongatha. Ph 5662 3390
Number 9 Dream Café 44 Bair St, Leongatha Ph 5662 2339 Wed - Fri: 8:30 - 5:00pm, Sat: 8:30 4:30pm, Sun: 8:30 - 4:30pm.
Foster community website at www.foster.vic.au/
● Prom Country Farmers' Market - 8am - 1pm, 3rd Sat each month at Foster War Memorial Arts Centre
Ph 5682 1345 www.fostercommunity.com.au [email protected]
● Rhythm Cafe Fully licensed. 3-5 Bridge St, Foster ph 5682 1612. Trading hours 10am – 4pm, closed
Tuesday & Wednesday. Tapas night every Friday 5 - 7.30pm
Korumburra ● Mileto’s Courtyard Café – Frank & Karen Mileto - 25 Commercial St, Korumburra. Ph 5655
1420.
● Coal Creek Farmers’ Market - Market day is the 2nd Saturday each month, from 8am until 1pm, in the
Coal Creek Community Park and Museum carpark, Korumburra, South Gippsland. 14 May, 11 June, 9 July,
13 August, 10 September, 8 October, 12 November, 10 December Postal: Coal Creek Historical Park and
Museum, Silkstone Road, Korumburra, Victoria, 3950. Ph 0459 629 000 (Farmers' Market Working Group),
or Rowena Ashley (Coal Creek Coordinator) Ph 5655 1811, Fax: 5655 1480
[email protected] www.coalcreekvillage.com.au/farmersmarket/
• Grow Lightly South Gippsland Grow Lightly grew from a concern about global environmental trends,
particularly global warming, peak oil and the depletion of our soils, and the prospect of ongoing water
shortages. People must eat, and we believe it’s important to make truly fresh food available; to reduce food
miles to an absolute minimum; and to recognize the environmental cost of food production. What happens?
- You pay a set amount per week four weeks in advance / For that you receive a weekly box of fruit,
vegetables, nuts, herbs and eggs produced here in South Gippsland / There is no system of ordering – you
are given what is available and have to plan your meals accordingly / The contents of the box is either
certified organic, or grown according to the principles of organic agriculture / The box is available for pick-up
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from one of several local depots in the Korumburra (Coal Creek front office)/ Kardella/Loch/Warragul area /
The principal growers meet weekly to bring in their produce and pack the boxes. Growers are paid for the
produce they have contributed at the end of the four-week period. Catherine McGlead has arranged a roster
of people who are ordering, to collect the boxes for all of us living in the Fish Creek area each Sunday.
Contact Catherine at [email protected] or phone 5683 2313
www.coalcreekvillage.com.au/Grow%20Lightly%20Produce.html
Local Radio - ● Catch “Sounds”, a music show that samples new releases as well as favorites that never
date in the folk, blues, alt country and world music genres. Presented by Ian Bevington and Suzanne
Henderson on at 6pm Thursdays. ● Night Surf - Gerald and Anna – Thursday, 8 – 10pm. Very cool
music. ● Talking Books with Jan Bull – a radio program on books and reading every Sunday morning
after the 11 o’clock news. ● Smart Arts with Trevor G Tuesdays between 7 – 9pm. ● Ramalama Ding
Dong - Denis & Dave 8pm - 11pm Friday nights. ● Get an email every week from 3mFM with the programs
for the week and highlights. Go to www.3mfm.com.au/index.php?option=com_frontpage&Itemid=1 to sign up for
the 3mFM news email. Local FM station 3mFM – 88.1, 89.1 and 89.5 on the dial [email protected]
www.3mfm.com.au/ Also check out the 3MFM website as it is now possible to stream 3mFM via the internet
Kerry Spokes and Michael Lester
Gecko Studio Gallery
15 Falls Rd, Fish Creek 3959
Ph & fax 5683 2481
[email protected]
www.geckostudiogallery.com.au
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