The play: Christmas, & theatre director Will is having a mid-life crisis.
The play is about the bond between mother & child, the possibilities of life, & the inevitability of death.
Although profoundly moving, it is also viciously funny.
The theatre is at 542 King St., Newtown, between Newtown & St. Peter's stations & the play starts @7:30pm.
Cost: $20 (but only if booking is made & payment is received in my account no later than Thursday 7th March)
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Join me on this scenic walk around the foreshores from Rhodes to Cabarita followed by a ferry ride and lunch at Olympic Park. The walk is on well marked tracks and roads and the pace will be relaxed.
Historic walk around Berrima taking in 31 historical sites of interest plus a side track to explore the River Walk which was the location of a German Intern Camp during World War 1. Berrima (located in the beautiful Southern Highlands) is widely recognised today as the best preserved example of a Georgian Village on the Australian mainland. It was established in the 1830's during a time of great exploration and expansion in NSW.
You will experience the quiet charm and romance that comes from those features of the village which remained frozen in time which now so wonderfully portray those earlier times.
Meeting at 10.30am at the 'Bread & Bowls Cafe' No 1 Market Place Berrima - we will start with a refreshing morning tea and then around 11am we will start our historic walk finishing around 1.30pm with the lunch at The Surveyor General Inn. You are welcome to bring your own morning tea and lunch.
Following lunch you will have the opportunity to explore the village with its antique and art galleries, craft shops, gift shops, clothing stores and specialist retailers.
Berrima is approximately a 1.5 hour drive from Sydney and as there is no public transport to Berrima we will be relying on carpooling.
From Brooklyn we'll take the "old" foot track to then join up with the Porto Ridge Track. The climb to and descent from Peak Hill is off track until we reach Sandy Bay. Peak Hill has magnificent views over the Hawkesbury river. The off track portion is easy!
The tenth annual Marathon Walk will be a harbourside and coastal one. We'll start early, finish quite late, and we'll be largely on paved footpaths, with some bush tracks. You don't need to be superfast or superfit, but you do need the endurance!
A revue featuring Nick Enright's wit & songs.
Nick started work @ the Genesian in the early 1970's as a young actor/director.
In his subsequent career he won AWGIE & Helpmann awards & was nominated for an Academy Award.
Cost: Adults $30.65, Concession $25.65 (pensioners, seniors & full-time students).
An urban walk that takes us from Milsons Point through the leafy streets of Waverton to Balls Head Reserve and the historic Coal Loader site and then back along the harbour to Milsons Point enjoying scenic views on the way.
This walk is a mixture of bush tracks, a steep off-track pass to the Grose River, and an off-track walk downstream in the Grose Valley to the Victoria Falls track.
This walk is only suitable for experienced off-track walkers, as rock-hopping could be encountered.
Expect an early start & possible late finish using torches.
Also, you should have put your clocks back one hour on Saturday night for the end of daylight saving.
Come and join in our Committee meeting.
All members are welcome to contribute or just see how your organisation is run.
You'd never know, you might even want to become a committee member and that would be great.
Meeting will be held in Surry Hills, if any member wishes to attend, you must confirm attendance in advance.
6.30pm
A series of walks on sealed & unsealed paths, passing through a variety of habitats.
We visit the Fern House, which includes orchids in the collection.
Watch for native birds @ Endicher Point.
Walk through open forest & tall Sydney Blue Gums & visit Phantom Falls.
This is a circuit beginning and ending at Pennant Hills, ideal for hybrid bikes, but road or mountain bikes might be fine too. We'll go via Westleigh, Hornsby, North Wahroonga, and Turramurra, taking in roads, fire trails, and optionally sampling three different mountain bike circuits along the way. It's been a while since we did this one!
This walk will continue exploration of Shark Rock Ridge and is unsurveyed by me. The track is good from Berowra initially but unknow further along. Depending on time additional spurs may also be explored.
(Joint walk with the Bush Club)
Join Ed and I with this scenic city coastal walk. The walk is on paths with a spot of road walking
Nice circuit walk in Royal National Park with ocean views along the ridge tops. All on bush track via Karloo Pools, Uloola Falls, lunch at Audley by the Hacking River and Kangaroo Creek Pools.
This scenic circuit walk takes us from Artarmon through Northbridge and Castlecrag and returning to Artarmon. The walk is mainly in bushland and parks with views of Middle Harbour.
We use two historic roads (Lawson's Long Alley & Lockyer's Road) to complete a circular walk from the Mount York plateau to Hartley Vale.
These roads were constructed in 1822-23 and 1828-29 respectively.
They provided access to the west from Sydney and are now only walking tracks.
We may have time to visit the Comet Inn and the abandoned shale oil mine in the valley.
Ever tried orienteering? If not and you'd like to try a 1-hour mini version of it close to toilets and a cafe, without any bush bashing or muddy trails, this could be perfect for you. No special clothing or equipment needed, just wear something comfortable and trainers.
Due to the short nature of the course, after a de-brief, we will enjoy our packed lunches or adjoin to a nearby cafe depending on weather and interest of participants.
There is an option to continue walking to Coogee after lunch.
Contact Helen for full details of where to meet within Centennial Park.
This beautiful walk takes you through one of the last stands of blue gum forest in the Blue Mountains. We will take the track in reverse, heading along a fire trail until we hit the Blue Gums for a pleasant morning break. We then head up Bees Nest Hill for our lunch spot with magnificant views over the Grose Valley. We complete the circuit after the drop back into the valley and back to the start on White Cros Road.
The track start is a little complicated to get to and we will be best to take cars. Meeting either at Strathfield or Springwood train station.
As always, please advise if you have a car and will be driving so I can coordinate us all getting there.
This well-known play is presented to embrace the aesthetic of Steampunk; to explore subjects of class division and social mobility.
This in a world where people's worth is judged by the way they speak; with profound parallels to our own.
Cost: Adults $35 Concession $30 (seniors, pensioners, full-time students)
Please book & pay no later than Thursday 25th April
This is a walk accessed by train & bus.
We will walk on a beach, then bush tracks & fire trail over a headland, more beach walking, then on rocks around another headland, more long beach walking and finally, urban streets.
This walk will join up the Mill Creek Circuit walk with the Western Commission Road via the aboriginal carvings. Small section of easy off track, good walking track and gravel road.
Join us on this coastal walk with the opportunity for fish and chips at lunch.
The walk is on well marked paths.
We start with a Katoomba clifftop walk & then descend via the very steep Giant Stairway to the Dardanelles Track.
This bush track will be followed to the Leura Forest.
The return walk will follow the Federal Pass Track to Furber's Steps & the ascent to the starting place.
Note that walking poles are unsuitable for descending the Giant Stairway.
This clever satire is a pointed look at the role and value of the artist in a totalitarian society; namely Stalin's Russia.
Cost: Adults $35, Concession $30 (seniors, pensioners, full-time students)
Please book and pay by no later than Thursday 30th May.
One of Jane Austen's most loved and moving tales as heroine Anne Elliot rekindles a lost romance.
Cost: Adults, $30.65 Concession, $25.65 (seniors, pensioners, full-time students)
Please book and pay no later than Thursday 27th June.
This classic walk, takes us around the Manly Dam, once the source of Sydney's water. Great variety of tracks and bush, we should time it to see the bountiful spring flowers and usually plenty of birds, lizards etc.
The track is easy going, one or two little hills but given the short distance should be very manageable.
If you have never been on the track, its a great one to do.
Public transport options will be availabe by bus or there is easy free parking outside of the dam.
Off the beaten track in the Marramarra National Park, Smugglers Ridge offers scenic views down into the Marramarra creek, a tributry of Berowra Creek.
First part of the walk is along a fire trail which is easy walking but does have a steep section at the end where we drop into the valley. We will break for lunch at the campground before the climb back up along a pleasant bush track to the start.
No public transport so we will need to carpool. We will met at Pennant Hills Station and it is a 30 min drive from there. Last part of the road is a little bumpy so prefer to have cars with good clearance.
As always, please provide your membership number, mobile and advise if you will be driving.
When: Saturday, 30th November 2019
Time: From 4:00pm to 8:00pm
Where: Rhodes Memorial Park BBQ area, Brays Bay Reserve
