Opera In The Alps is a sell out

Tickets have sold out to the Bev Marks Australia - Opera In The Alps Saturday 16 January 2010

Mayday Hills Oval
La Trobe at Beechworth

Marina Prior Soprano
David Hobson Tenor
Benjamin Northey Conductor
Opera in the Alps Choir and Orchestra

Australian Music Events is pleased to announce the return, by popular demand, of two of Australia's most popular performers, MARINA PRIOR and DAVID HOBSON. They will be joined by 100-voices and 50-piece orchestra led by one of Australia's most exciting conductors, BENJAMIN NORTHEY

Enjoy a relaxing evening of fine food, wine and classical favourites under the stars, in the picturesque grounds of LaTrobe at Beechworth.

Kelly Antique Photographics in Beechworth - January 2010

For a unique souvenir of your journey back in time, step inside Kelly Antique Photo graphics studio, located behind the Beechworth Memorial Hall and the Burke Museum. Let us put you in the picture, just as it was done 100 years ago.

Open: 10.30am -3.30pm
Weekends, Public Holidays and the Victorian School Holidays

What are you doing for New Years? See you at The Stanley

The Stanley
New Years Eve
Thursday, 31 December 2009
DINNER & LIVE MUSIC
Four Course Set Menu
$75.00 per person

Live Music Featuring
Mel Tompkins & Rebecca Humphreys
Mel originally from Canada, renowned as a talented vocalist & multi-instrumentalist. Mel enjoys the versatility of many instruments & styles. A fingerstyle guitar virtuoso… Also plays Banjo, Fiddle, Mandolin & Tin Whistle.
Bec, a talented fiddler and vocalist is part of an all female acoustic trio “Bhan Tre”, and plays a repertoire of traditional Irish tunes and songs and a selection of original songs with a Celtic flavour
Bec also used to be part of the infamous “shortcut to mushrooms”

Two of North East Victoria’s finest musicians entertain with a variety of songs, humour and versatility of instrumentation. If you enjoy a taste of something traditional and contemporary in the modern folk scene then don’t miss these talented artists.


Live from 9.00pm-12.30am
ALL WELCOME – BUS SERVICE AVAILABLE

ABN 70363781199
1 Wallace Street, Stanley VIC 3747
Ph: 03 5728 6502 Fax: 03 5728 6602
email: info@thestanley.com.au web: www.thestanley.com.au

Sunny days, star-studded nights, packed events calendar offer perfect Summer holiday mix for Indigo visitors

Visitors to the picturesque and historic towns and villages of Indigo Shire are spoiled for choice during January with a smorgasbord of sensational free and ticketed events to suit all ages, tastes and pockets.

The Henry Handel Richardson Birthday Weekend in Chiltern on 2 & 3 January kicks off Indigo Shire’s 2010 calendar. The event, which continues a tradition begun 40 years ago on the centenary of her birth, celebrates the historic town’s links with one of Australia’s greatest authors. The program includes a special birthday dinner, eminent guest speakers, the premiere of a new documentary about her life and work and an evening picnic in the grounds of her one-time childhood home, the National Trust-owned Lake View House.
Tickets are selling fast for one of the region’s most popular annual drawcards, Opera in the Alps on Saturday 16 January. Staged under the stars and among the stately Shining Gums of LaTrobe at Beechworth, this year’s concert promises to be another memorable event showcasing the combined talents of soprano Marina Pryor and tenor David Hobson (pictured above).

The wineries of Rutherglen and Wahgunyah are also offering a host of fantastic activities and events throughout the month including Cinema in the Vines at Cofield Wines and MuziKwz at Valhalla Wines on 2 January, St. Leonards Vineyard’s delightful Summer of Live Music on 2 and 9 January and Australia Day fun at Pfeiffer Wines on 26 January with a Great Aussie BBQ. Also at Wahgunyah on the Murray River on 9 &10 January hundreds of competitors are expected to take part in the Murray Rowing Association’s 150th Anniversary of Rutherglen Rowing Regatta.

Sunday 10 January sees the return of Rutherglen’s fabulous Farmers Markets while in beautiful Yackandandah, the Lions Club Community Markets return on Sunday 17 January, featuring fresh local produce, preserves and hand crafted goodies.

The long lazy days of summer in Indigo Shire are also perfect for a leisurely stroll under the shady old verandahs of the gold era towns, sampling delicious local wines at one of the of scores of beautiful vineyards across the region, taking a dip or catching a fish in Beechworth’s Lake Sambell or cycling along the renowned Murray to Mountains Rail Trail.

History of Beechworth still a hit with visitors

Beechworth historian and author, Ian Hyndman, this week celebrates the third reprint of his popular History of Beechworth.

Fifteen years since its first publication and thousands of copies later, the booklet remains one of the Beechworth Visitor Information Centre’s most popular souvenirs.

The History of Beechworth offers a concise and very readable account of the founding and early development of one of Australia’s best-preserved Gold Era towns.


This informative little book has been presented and arranged into a fascinating trail visitors can follow around the beautiful streetscapes and key historic sites of Beechworth.


The History of Beechworth is Mr Hyndman’s sixth book on various aspects of the town’s history including three volumes devoted to his own local pioneering family, the Ladsons. Others include Out of the Goldfields – A history of Ovens and Murray Hospital for the Aged and Beechworth Cemetery – A stroll through history.


A hospital administrator for more than 50 years, Mr Hyndman was CEO in several Victorian hospitals including Latrobe Regional Hospital in Gippsland. He was also the Regional Director of Health in the Goulburn/North Eastern and the Gippsland regions.

New member of the Beechworth Visitor Information Centre

The Team at the Beechworth Visitor Information Centre would like to welcome High Country Forge - Richard Walker - Blacksmith Artist & Metal sculptor

Richard Patterson’s book, ‘Nobblers and Lushingtons - A History of the Hotels of Beechworth and the Ovens District’, will be launched Friday 4th Dec

Endymion (Australia) Pty Ltd is pleased to announce that the Press Launch of
Richard Patterson’s book, ‘Nobblers and Lushingtons -
A History of the Hotels of Beechworth and the Ovens District’,

Nobblers and Lushingtons contains 400 pages, 35 contemporary photographs
and information on over 230 hotels in Beechworth and the neighbouring district,
as well as the names of over 800 licensees.

Among the many issues it explores are:
- The murder of Robert Murdock, manager of a Beechworth hotel, and the possibility
that he was the victim of a serial killer.
- The death of James Coyne Riley, following his accidental stabbing during the performance of a play at the Star Hotel, Beechworth.
- The dark secrets about their pasts that many of Beechworth’s earliest hotel-keepers
tried to keep hidden.
- The role of women on the goldfields and the extent of prostitution in Beechworth.
- How the first man to be hanged at Beechworth Gaol had murdered a local hotelkeeper
and the links between this killing and two other appalling murders.

Richard Patterson has lived in Beechworth for 3 years and previously worked in
human resource management for 35 years. Nobblers and Lushingtons is his first book.

Note: A ‘nobbler’ was nineteenth century slang for a shot of spirits, while a ‘lushington’
was someone who habitually imbibed too many of them.