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
Saturday 26 December 2009
Wednesday 16 December 2009
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.
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.
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.
Saturday 12 December 2009
New member of the Beechworth Visitor Information Centre
Friday 27 November 2009
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.
Wednesday 25 November 2009
Last minute PROMOTIONAL DISCOUNTS AVAILABLE AT Planetrees Lodge, Stanley VIC
A last minute cancellation has freed up accommodation for this weekend and the next.
I am offering a promotional discount to the first people who contact me. Payment in full is required to secure the booking.
Weekend 27th November to 29th November
from $260 per night (up to 4 people/2 bedrooms), $350 p/n up to 6, $450 p/n up to 8 people.
2 night minimum stay.
Usual rates: from $300 for 4 (2 bedrooms), $420 up to 6 people, $520 up to 8 people.
Weekend 4th December - 6th December
from $280 per night (up to 4 people/2 bedrooms), $380 p/n up to 6 people/3 bedrooms, $480 p/n up to 8 people (4 bedrooms).
Midweek bookings are available at the same rate for this period.
Email: planetrees@me.com or telephone 03 5728 6589.
Visit the website: www. planetrees.com.au
I am offering a promotional discount to the first people who contact me. Payment in full is required to secure the booking.
Weekend 27th November to 29th November
from $260 per night (up to 4 people/2 bedrooms), $350 p/n up to 6, $450 p/n up to 8 people.
2 night minimum stay.
Usual rates: from $300 for 4 (2 bedrooms), $420 up to 6 people, $520 up to 8 people.
Weekend 4th December - 6th December
from $280 per night (up to 4 people/2 bedrooms), $380 p/n up to 6 people/3 bedrooms, $480 p/n up to 8 people (4 bedrooms).
Midweek bookings are available at the same rate for this period.
Email: planetrees@me.com or telephone 03 5728 6589.
Visit the website: www. planetrees.com.au
Tuesday 17 November 2009
Precinct Wildlife Experience
Photos are of a Blue Tongue Lizard trying to get into the Telegraph Station to send a Telegram to all his mates about the Precinct.
News just in from the Beechworth Historic Courthouse
An Echidna with no fixed address and no visible means of support, was brought before the bench of the Beechworth Historic Court-House recently.
The Court heard that the Echidna in question was found to be wandering the busy streets of Beechworth, crossing roads with no regard to its own safety. The Echidna's only defence was to roll up into a sharp ball of spines. The Magistrate deemed that the said Echidna should be turned over into the care of Piers & Robin Foa of Foa's Ark for relocation to a more suitable environment.
Court Reporter
Michael Beattie
Friday 13 November 2009
Original Kelly Gang armour set for Beechworth Ned Kelly Weekend 2010 Friday 6 – Sunday 8 August 2010
The original suits of armour worn by all four members of the Kelly Gang at the siege of Glenrowan will feature as a major highlight of the 2010 Beechworth Ned Kelly Weekend from 6 – 8 August, the Beechworth Historical Re-enactment Group (BHRG) announced today.
The exhibition is a coup for Beechworth and marks only the fourth time since 1880 that the complete set of Kelly Gang armour has been shown, and the first time outside a capital city.
Now in its eighth year and widely regarded as this country’s most important annual celebration of the Kelly legend, the 2010 Ned Kelly Weekend will commemorate the 130th anniversary of the outlaw’s committal hearing held in the historic Beechworth Courthouse from 6 to 11 August 1880, and his execution on 11 November 1880.
Event organizers, the Beechworth Historical Re-enactment Group, will unveil the full 2010 program at an official launch early next year.
BHRG President, Adam Wynne-Jenkins, expects the exhibition will be one of regional Victoria’s key tourism drawcards in 2010.“Visitors to Beechworth next August will be amazed at the quality and workmanship of the armour of Australia’s most recognised artifacts,” he said.
All schools in the Indigo Shire will be invited to a free preview of the armour on Friday 6 August.
Established 2008 the BHRG is a committed living history group which recreates the Beechworth of the period 1852 to 1885. The BHRG is often seen on the streets of Beechworth and other regional centres taking part in street parades, displays and other commemorative activities including the re-enactment of the Kelly Gang robbery of the bank in Euroa in December 1878, and the Siege of Glenrowan in July 1880.
This exhibition would not have been possible without the support of the State Library of Victoria, Victoria Police Museum, Museum Victoria and Rupert Hammond in conjunction with the Indigo Shire Council for Insurance coverage and the Beechworth Bakery (The Home of Ned Kelly Pies) as the major sponsor of the event.
The exhibition is a coup for Beechworth and marks only the fourth time since 1880 that the complete set of Kelly Gang armour has been shown, and the first time outside a capital city.
Now in its eighth year and widely regarded as this country’s most important annual celebration of the Kelly legend, the 2010 Ned Kelly Weekend will commemorate the 130th anniversary of the outlaw’s committal hearing held in the historic Beechworth Courthouse from 6 to 11 August 1880, and his execution on 11 November 1880.
Event organizers, the Beechworth Historical Re-enactment Group, will unveil the full 2010 program at an official launch early next year.
BHRG President, Adam Wynne-Jenkins, expects the exhibition will be one of regional Victoria’s key tourism drawcards in 2010.“Visitors to Beechworth next August will be amazed at the quality and workmanship of the armour of Australia’s most recognised artifacts,” he said.
All schools in the Indigo Shire will be invited to a free preview of the armour on Friday 6 August.
Established 2008 the BHRG is a committed living history group which recreates the Beechworth of the period 1852 to 1885. The BHRG is often seen on the streets of Beechworth and other regional centres taking part in street parades, displays and other commemorative activities including the re-enactment of the Kelly Gang robbery of the bank in Euroa in December 1878, and the Siege of Glenrowan in July 1880.
This exhibition would not have been possible without the support of the State Library of Victoria, Victoria Police Museum, Museum Victoria and Rupert Hammond in conjunction with the Indigo Shire Council for Insurance coverage and the Beechworth Bakery (The Home of Ned Kelly Pies) as the major sponsor of the event.
Saturday 17 October 2009
Jan Preston at Amulet Vineyard
Jan Preston at Amulet Vineyard Australia’s “Queen of the boogie woogie piano”
Let’s set the scene....
With a glass of wine in one hand you will be seated amongst future wines from Amulet Vineyard in their beautiful surroundings as Jan Preston entertains you with her humour, stories and most importantly, her wonderful music.
Public demand sees Jan Preston return to Beechworth again this year. Charming, entertaining, honest, skilful and unique, Jan has it all.
Called “the Queen of Boogie Piano”, Jan’s rolling left hand piano boogie gets audiences moving, takes them away from their daily stresses, and from Europe to NZ to Australia leaves them uplifted. Did we mention Jan is a great singer as well?! Don’t miss her show.
Monday November 2nd
A cocktail party with Jan Preston
From 4.30pm to 7.00pm
Amulet Vineyard
1036 Wangaratta Road Beechworth
Enjoy picturesque views, great music & cocktail food with Jan during intermission Full bar available
Bookings essential for catering 03 57270420
$22 per person
(early bird payment by Tuesday 28th October $19 per person)
Let’s set the scene....
With a glass of wine in one hand you will be seated amongst future wines from Amulet Vineyard in their beautiful surroundings as Jan Preston entertains you with her humour, stories and most importantly, her wonderful music.
Public demand sees Jan Preston return to Beechworth again this year. Charming, entertaining, honest, skilful and unique, Jan has it all.
Called “the Queen of Boogie Piano”, Jan’s rolling left hand piano boogie gets audiences moving, takes them away from their daily stresses, and from Europe to NZ to Australia leaves them uplifted. Did we mention Jan is a great singer as well?! Don’t miss her show.
Monday November 2nd
A cocktail party with Jan Preston
From 4.30pm to 7.00pm
Amulet Vineyard
1036 Wangaratta Road Beechworth
Enjoy picturesque views, great music & cocktail food with Jan during intermission Full bar available
Bookings essential for catering 03 57270420
$22 per person
(early bird payment by Tuesday 28th October $19 per person)
New tour to celebrate Beechworth’s botanical treasures
For those who like a dash of history mixed with their horticulture a new tour launching this weekend will offer a perfect introduction to the botanical treasures of one of Australia’s best preserved heritage towns.
The new Beechworth Town and Country Walks and Tours will take in some of Beechworth’s most significant public and private gardens and reserves, offering visitors fascinating insights into the people who created them, original designs and plantings – including some 14 trees of significance listed on the National Tree Register - and the gardens’ continuing evolution to the present day.
The new tours will complement the Historic & Cultural Precinct’s Ned Kelly and Gold walking tours led by expert guides which have become a must for tourists to the area. Visitors can also take part in Historic Courthouse tours and talks, the wildly popular Ghost Tours of historic Mayday Hills Lunatic Asylum and Historic Beechworth mini-bus tours led by historian, Pat Doyle.
Chris Dormer, a passionate gardener, artist and former Beechworth Burke Museum programs officer is the brains behind the new Town & Country Walks and Tours. Her own piece of paradise, in the hilltop village of Stanley a few kilometres from Beechworth, has featured in the Victorian Open Garden Scheme.
Each Saturday at 2pm, departing from the Beechworth Visitor Information Centre, she will take visitors on an hour-long Public Gardens Walk, including the formal ‘pleasure gardens’ of the Town Hall, part of the Historic & Cultural Precinct, planned and planted in 1874 by Richard Hurlock Jenkyns.
Developed in the Gardenesque style, the gardens quickly became a fashionable place for locals and visitors to use the wide paths for promenading, a band rotunda for concerts, and the fountain to enjoy the sounds of the cool cascading water on hot summer nights. The gardens were planted with trees including the towering Sierra Redwoods (Sequoiadendron Giganteum) seen today which were grown by Baron Ferdinand Von Mueller, Director of the Melbourne Botanical Gardens.
The tour also takes in the cultivated wilderness of the Botanical Reserve, now Victoria Park, gazetted in 1856. A competition to design the park was won by a Hungarian Count, J A Rochlitz, whose romantic vision of groves of acacia, almond and walnut trees, an open belvedere, an archery ground, cricket and boxing grounds, a children’s playground and an ‘Invalid’s’ Corner’ was never implemented. The design does live on, however, in a beautiful watercolour painted by C. Martin, part of the permanent collection of the Burke Museum.
Lake Sambell Reserve, created as a result of Beechworth’s success in the Ideal Town competition in 1928, and now home to the new Chinese Gardens, is also on the itinerary. This exciting new garden remembers the thousands of Chinese people who flocked to the rich goldfields of early Beechworth.
A variety of tours will also be offered by Chris Dormer by arrangement including visits to a selection of magnificent privately owned gardens as well as a ‘Backyard to Farm Gate’ tour of Beechworth and district’s great productive gardens.
FULL DETAILS AND BOOKINGS FOR THIS AND OTHER GREAT
BEECHWORTH TOURS AT: www.beechworthonline.com.au
PHONE 1300 366 321
The new Beechworth Town and Country Walks and Tours will take in some of Beechworth’s most significant public and private gardens and reserves, offering visitors fascinating insights into the people who created them, original designs and plantings – including some 14 trees of significance listed on the National Tree Register - and the gardens’ continuing evolution to the present day.
The new tours will complement the Historic & Cultural Precinct’s Ned Kelly and Gold walking tours led by expert guides which have become a must for tourists to the area. Visitors can also take part in Historic Courthouse tours and talks, the wildly popular Ghost Tours of historic Mayday Hills Lunatic Asylum and Historic Beechworth mini-bus tours led by historian, Pat Doyle.
Chris Dormer, a passionate gardener, artist and former Beechworth Burke Museum programs officer is the brains behind the new Town & Country Walks and Tours. Her own piece of paradise, in the hilltop village of Stanley a few kilometres from Beechworth, has featured in the Victorian Open Garden Scheme.
Each Saturday at 2pm, departing from the Beechworth Visitor Information Centre, she will take visitors on an hour-long Public Gardens Walk, including the formal ‘pleasure gardens’ of the Town Hall, part of the Historic & Cultural Precinct, planned and planted in 1874 by Richard Hurlock Jenkyns.
Developed in the Gardenesque style, the gardens quickly became a fashionable place for locals and visitors to use the wide paths for promenading, a band rotunda for concerts, and the fountain to enjoy the sounds of the cool cascading water on hot summer nights. The gardens were planted with trees including the towering Sierra Redwoods (Sequoiadendron Giganteum) seen today which were grown by Baron Ferdinand Von Mueller, Director of the Melbourne Botanical Gardens.
The tour also takes in the cultivated wilderness of the Botanical Reserve, now Victoria Park, gazetted in 1856. A competition to design the park was won by a Hungarian Count, J A Rochlitz, whose romantic vision of groves of acacia, almond and walnut trees, an open belvedere, an archery ground, cricket and boxing grounds, a children’s playground and an ‘Invalid’s’ Corner’ was never implemented. The design does live on, however, in a beautiful watercolour painted by C. Martin, part of the permanent collection of the Burke Museum.
Lake Sambell Reserve, created as a result of Beechworth’s success in the Ideal Town competition in 1928, and now home to the new Chinese Gardens, is also on the itinerary. This exciting new garden remembers the thousands of Chinese people who flocked to the rich goldfields of early Beechworth.
A variety of tours will also be offered by Chris Dormer by arrangement including visits to a selection of magnificent privately owned gardens as well as a ‘Backyard to Farm Gate’ tour of Beechworth and district’s great productive gardens.
FULL DETAILS AND BOOKINGS FOR THIS AND OTHER GREAT
BEECHWORTH TOURS AT: www.beechworthonline.com.au
PHONE 1300 366 321
It’s all happening for the Beechworth Chinese Cultural Centre & Gardens Inc
We are happy to say that yes the items are finally being shipped out this month
* Two Bridges for the Garden
* It's not a Chinese Garden without Buddah
* 5 Lanterns set to go in Bamboo walk in Chinese Gardens Beechworth by the Pavilion
This month the Museum has been opened for 5 yrs (and boy what a road)
With having put on six festivals with the first only one week after the 2003 bush fires with the help of the Lake Sambell Committee.
Awards that we have received awards for:
* Tidy Town 2001 .2002 .2003
* Sustainability award sub surface irrigation system
* Victorian awards for excellence in Multicultural affairs
* Victorian History award Commendation BCCC&G
* Personal award for 10 years service for volunteering in Multi Cultural affairs
The Gardens has seen many Chinese visitors to Beechworth we have also
* sponsored the Chinese Lion team to come to Beechworth for Easter for the past three years
* Sponsored the Beechworth Chinese cemetery book written and translated by Dr Kok
* The BCCC has seen many school groups over the past 5 years who have all enjoy the different aspect of Beechworth and enjoy finding out what animal sign they are.
Beechworth’s Chinese Museum is dedicated to the preservation & display of Chinese History in the Ovens and District Goldfields
The Centre also has items for sale that are that little bit different to help support both the Gardens and the Museum
* Two Bridges for the Garden
* It's not a Chinese Garden without Buddah
* 5 Lanterns set to go in Bamboo walk in Chinese Gardens Beechworth by the Pavilion
This month the Museum has been opened for 5 yrs (and boy what a road)
With having put on six festivals with the first only one week after the 2003 bush fires with the help of the Lake Sambell Committee.
Awards that we have received awards for:
* Tidy Town 2001 .2002 .2003
* Sustainability award sub surface irrigation system
* Victorian awards for excellence in Multicultural affairs
* Victorian History award Commendation BCCC&G
* Personal award for 10 years service for volunteering in Multi Cultural affairs
The Gardens has seen many Chinese visitors to Beechworth we have also
* sponsored the Chinese Lion team to come to Beechworth for Easter for the past three years
* Sponsored the Beechworth Chinese cemetery book written and translated by Dr Kok
* The BCCC has seen many school groups over the past 5 years who have all enjoy the different aspect of Beechworth and enjoy finding out what animal sign they are.
Beechworth’s Chinese Museum is dedicated to the preservation & display of Chinese History in the Ovens and District Goldfields
The Centre also has items for sale that are that little bit different to help support both the Gardens and the Museum
Sunday 20 September 2009
Where are… the Barkers?
Where are… the Barkers? DVD is now available at the Beechworth Visitor
Infomation Centre for $5.00
Donations to Wooragee Landcare will help the preservation of the Barkers habitat
Your support is greatly appreciated
Infomation Centre for $5.00
Donations to Wooragee Landcare will help the preservation of the Barkers habitat
Your support is greatly appreciated
Tuesday 15 September 2009
Spring time in Beechworth
Many thanks to Jim Didolis for his photo of the Red Rosellas in the trees at the front of Freeman On Ford B&B. Spring is certainly in the air. Kerry
Tuesday 1 September 2009
Age Good Food Guide gong for Provenance
Beechworth’s new kid on the gastronomic block, Provenance, has been named Best New Country Restaurant of the Year by The Age Good Food Guide 2010.
Michael Ryan, the mastermind behind The Age 2008 Country Restaurant of the Year, the two chef hat Range restaurant in Myrtleford, opened Provenance Restaurant & Luxury Suites early this year in one of Beechworth’s finest historic gold era buildings, the 1856 Bank of Australasia next to the Historic and Cultural Precinct. With six metre ceilings and towering arched windows, the bank’s original granite vault now houses the wine cellar. Accommodation at Provenance comprises four newly refurbished luxury suites in what was once the old stables and carriage house.
The prestigious Age Good Food Guide accolade, announced in Melbourne last night, further reinforces Beechworth’s reputation as a gourmet travel destination. The impressive line-up of local dining options also includes the renowned and much awarded Warden’s Food & Wine, Gigi’s, and The Stanley in the picturesque hilltop village of Stanley a few kilometres out of town.
Add to that list the award-winning boutique brewery, Bridge Road Brewers whose owners Ben and Maria Kraus offer a great range of hand-crafted ales as well as sensational home-made pretzels and gourmet pizzas.
Also new to Beechworth this year is the boutique fromagerie, Larder, whose new owners, Jade Miles and Gina Bladon have added a chocalaterie showcasing superb locally made Renaissance Chocolates from Rutherglen as well as Kennedy & Wilson from the Yarra Valley. The pair is passionate about bringing the best of local, regional and international cheese and chocolate to the area and offer a gourmet hamper selection for visitors heading for the great outdoors.
Michael Ryan, the mastermind behind The Age 2008 Country Restaurant of the Year, the two chef hat Range restaurant in Myrtleford, opened Provenance Restaurant & Luxury Suites early this year in one of Beechworth’s finest historic gold era buildings, the 1856 Bank of Australasia next to the Historic and Cultural Precinct. With six metre ceilings and towering arched windows, the bank’s original granite vault now houses the wine cellar. Accommodation at Provenance comprises four newly refurbished luxury suites in what was once the old stables and carriage house.
The prestigious Age Good Food Guide accolade, announced in Melbourne last night, further reinforces Beechworth’s reputation as a gourmet travel destination. The impressive line-up of local dining options also includes the renowned and much awarded Warden’s Food & Wine, Gigi’s, and The Stanley in the picturesque hilltop village of Stanley a few kilometres out of town.
Add to that list the award-winning boutique brewery, Bridge Road Brewers whose owners Ben and Maria Kraus offer a great range of hand-crafted ales as well as sensational home-made pretzels and gourmet pizzas.
Also new to Beechworth this year is the boutique fromagerie, Larder, whose new owners, Jade Miles and Gina Bladon have added a chocalaterie showcasing superb locally made Renaissance Chocolates from Rutherglen as well as Kennedy & Wilson from the Yarra Valley. The pair is passionate about bringing the best of local, regional and international cheese and chocolate to the area and offer a gourmet hamper selection for visitors heading for the great outdoors.
Tuesday 25 August 2009
North East gets set to party as Spring Migration celebrates change of season
Victoria’s gorgeous North East is getting ready to frock up and hit the dance floor with the return this weekend of one of regional Australia’s favourite Gay & Lesbian events, Spring Migration.
Now in its fifth year, the 2009 festival has grown from a weekend event in Yackandandah to a week-long celebration taking place around the region.
Spring Migration 2009 kicks off this Friday 28 August with three days of fun at Falls Creek including a masquerade ball and snow carnival. From Tuesday 1 to Thursday 3 September, the party continues at Lake Hume Resort with a packed program of activities, tours and parties.
Then on Friday 4 and Saturday 5 September Indigo Shire welcomes Spring Migration to Beechworth. The Saturday night La Luna full moon dance party at La Trobe promises to be a highlight of this year’s event with glamorous Sydney entertainer, Vanessa Wagner, as special guest emcee. DJs, drag shows, special guest performers and dancers, food and full bar will also feature at this sensational closing night festival party.
The annual Who’s Yer Daddy Father’s Day Market in Yackandandah on Sunday 6 September will bring Spring Migration 2009 to a close.
Now one of regional Australia’s most popular Gay & Lesbian events, Spring Migration prides itself on its inclusiveness, offering everyone, regardless of their sexuality, a varied and fun program that also showcases this area’s regional delights.
Now in its fifth year, the 2009 festival has grown from a weekend event in Yackandandah to a week-long celebration taking place around the region.
Spring Migration 2009 kicks off this Friday 28 August with three days of fun at Falls Creek including a masquerade ball and snow carnival. From Tuesday 1 to Thursday 3 September, the party continues at Lake Hume Resort with a packed program of activities, tours and parties.
Then on Friday 4 and Saturday 5 September Indigo Shire welcomes Spring Migration to Beechworth. The Saturday night La Luna full moon dance party at La Trobe promises to be a highlight of this year’s event with glamorous Sydney entertainer, Vanessa Wagner, as special guest emcee. DJs, drag shows, special guest performers and dancers, food and full bar will also feature at this sensational closing night festival party.
The annual Who’s Yer Daddy Father’s Day Market in Yackandandah on Sunday 6 September will bring Spring Migration 2009 to a close.
Now one of regional Australia’s most popular Gay & Lesbian events, Spring Migration prides itself on its inclusiveness, offering everyone, regardless of their sexuality, a varied and fun program that also showcases this area’s regional delights.
Sunday 23 August 2009
BEECHWORTH OKTOBERFEST 2009
Beechworth craft-brewery Bridge Road Brewers is hosting its fifth annual Oktoberfest. Located in the heart of town, this small brewery has a swag of awards to its name, and is ready for this years celebration of beer and music to be a craker. The event is loosley based around the original Oktoberfest held in Munich in late September each year.
Brewery founders, Ben Kraus and his partner Maria Frischmann, have strong links to the Oktoberfest. Maria hails from the heart of the Tyrol region in Austria and has worked as a beir-maid at the Munich Oktoberfest. Ben gained his brewing knowledge in the same region and has been brewing the Bridge Road beers for a little over four years. The brewery has come a long way from its origins in the family garage where the business spent its first year. Its relocation to an old coach house in Beechworth’s centre has proven a success. The brewery has been able to expand its range of beers, currently nine, and increase its production capacity by 30% each year.
A special one off batch of Marzen beer has been brewed for this year’s event. Aptly named Oktoberfest Marzen, this deep orange coloured lager is the same style traditionally served at Munich’s Oktoberfest.
The Brewery has recently acquired an adjoining building that is the ideal venue for this years event. Beechworth’s 2009 Oktoberfest will be held on Sat 10th and Sun 11th of October, from 11am till 6pm. October is also the breweries official beer month, with other events being planned for October including a beer degustation evening and special brewing events.
Visitors are encouraged to get out the Lederhosen or Dirndl (traditional Bavarian dress) and enjoy the festivities. This family weekend will include children’s activities, plenty of beer, German cuisine and fun for all with a traditional ohm-pah band belting out some great drinking tunes.
Oktoberfest Entertainment will be provided by Alpine Cocktail, specialists in German ohm-pah music, with vocalist Rene hailing from Vienna, Austria.
The Beechworth Oktoberfest will be held at Bridge Road Brewers, off Ford St, behind Tanswells Hotel, rear access from High st. It will be held between 11am and 6pm on Sat 11th and Sun 12th of October.
For further inquiries please contact Ben or Maria, or drop in to Bridge Road Brewers.
Bridge Road Brewers
The Old Coach House,
Ford St. Beechworth Victoria 3747.
p. 03 57282703 m. 0422929235 e. info@bridgeroadbrewers.com.au
Brewery founders, Ben Kraus and his partner Maria Frischmann, have strong links to the Oktoberfest. Maria hails from the heart of the Tyrol region in Austria and has worked as a beir-maid at the Munich Oktoberfest. Ben gained his brewing knowledge in the same region and has been brewing the Bridge Road beers for a little over four years. The brewery has come a long way from its origins in the family garage where the business spent its first year. Its relocation to an old coach house in Beechworth’s centre has proven a success. The brewery has been able to expand its range of beers, currently nine, and increase its production capacity by 30% each year.
A special one off batch of Marzen beer has been brewed for this year’s event. Aptly named Oktoberfest Marzen, this deep orange coloured lager is the same style traditionally served at Munich’s Oktoberfest.
The Brewery has recently acquired an adjoining building that is the ideal venue for this years event. Beechworth’s 2009 Oktoberfest will be held on Sat 10th and Sun 11th of October, from 11am till 6pm. October is also the breweries official beer month, with other events being planned for October including a beer degustation evening and special brewing events.
Visitors are encouraged to get out the Lederhosen or Dirndl (traditional Bavarian dress) and enjoy the festivities. This family weekend will include children’s activities, plenty of beer, German cuisine and fun for all with a traditional ohm-pah band belting out some great drinking tunes.
Oktoberfest Entertainment will be provided by Alpine Cocktail, specialists in German ohm-pah music, with vocalist Rene hailing from Vienna, Austria.
The Beechworth Oktoberfest will be held at Bridge Road Brewers, off Ford St, behind Tanswells Hotel, rear access from High st. It will be held between 11am and 6pm on Sat 11th and Sun 12th of October.
For further inquiries please contact Ben or Maria, or drop in to Bridge Road Brewers.
Bridge Road Brewers
The Old Coach House,
Ford St. Beechworth Victoria 3747.
p. 03 57282703 m. 0422929235 e. info@bridgeroadbrewers.com.au
Tuesday 28 July 2009
Large crowd expected for Rev Tim Costellos’ Kerferd Oration
Organisers are expecting a large crowd for this Sunday’s Kerferd Oration in Beechworth by the CEO of World Vision, Rev Tim Costello AO.
Tim Costello has been a leading voice in debates on poverty, gambling, homelessness, reconciliation and drug abuse. And since 2004, when he was appointed Chief Executive Officer of World Vision Australia, he has ensured that global poverty has been placed on the national agenda, particularly through the Make Poverty History campaign.
His Kerferd Oration, “Community Values for a World in Need”, is timely. The global financial crisis, terrorism, conflict in Iraq and Afghanistan and parts of Africa, climate change and extreme poverty, demand our attention.
“Many of Victoria’s community values have been forged in the intensity of fire and concentrated through drought,” Tim says. “Facing terrible hardship can be devastating. Knowing that other people – people around you that you may not even know – are on your side brings relief and an immense sense of common spirit and purpose. It creates resilience and hope.”
Tim speaks of the values of compassion: of good humour, friendship, tolerance and human dignity. “It is about the practice of going beyond immediate needs and desire for comfort, to the richness of seeing others prosper and grow, and celebrating their worth,” he says.
“And these qualities and gifts of generosity not only build up those around you, but can be part of the solution for the most intractable problems facing the global community, including poverty, and climate change.”
Sunday’s Kerferd Oration is a free community event at the Kerferd Conference Centre at La Trobe Beechworth. It begins at 11am, doors open at 10.15am. A light lunch will be provided after the Oration.
Tim Costello has been a leading voice in debates on poverty, gambling, homelessness, reconciliation and drug abuse. And since 2004, when he was appointed Chief Executive Officer of World Vision Australia, he has ensured that global poverty has been placed on the national agenda, particularly through the Make Poverty History campaign.
His Kerferd Oration, “Community Values for a World in Need”, is timely. The global financial crisis, terrorism, conflict in Iraq and Afghanistan and parts of Africa, climate change and extreme poverty, demand our attention.
“Many of Victoria’s community values have been forged in the intensity of fire and concentrated through drought,” Tim says. “Facing terrible hardship can be devastating. Knowing that other people – people around you that you may not even know – are on your side brings relief and an immense sense of common spirit and purpose. It creates resilience and hope.”
Tim speaks of the values of compassion: of good humour, friendship, tolerance and human dignity. “It is about the practice of going beyond immediate needs and desire for comfort, to the richness of seeing others prosper and grow, and celebrating their worth,” he says.
“And these qualities and gifts of generosity not only build up those around you, but can be part of the solution for the most intractable problems facing the global community, including poverty, and climate change.”
Sunday’s Kerferd Oration is a free community event at the Kerferd Conference Centre at La Trobe Beechworth. It begins at 11am, doors open at 10.15am. A light lunch will be provided after the Oration.
Monday 20 July 2009
Historic documents to shed new light on police side of Kelly story
Little-known original documents including telegraphs, letters and reports from police involved in the hunt for the Kelly Gang and the recovery of the bodies of their three murdered colleagues have been found at the Victoria Police Museum.
Collections Manager, Liz Marsden, said a box containing the documents had been discovered during the course of an exhaustive registration project of every object, book and piece of paper in the collection as part of a Museums Australia museum accreditation program.
She said the Museum was excited to find the box of ‘extremely fragile documents’ relating directly to events surrounding Australia’s most notorious bushranger. At present this collection is not available for research as it is being painstakingly digitalised with the aim of making it available to the public sometime in the future via the museum’s website.
Meanwhile, they will form the basis of a fascinating talk – The Kelly Hunters: a Police Perspective - by the respected author, historian and retired Superintendent of the Victoria Police, Dr Robert Haldane, at the Historic Courthouse, as part of the 2009 Beechworth Ned Kelly Weekend on Saturday 8 August at 10am. Dr Haldane was granted access to the documents as part of his research for the Ned Kelly Weekend.
“These Police Museum documents are actual primary sources from the police and volunteers on the ground at the time,” Dr Haldane said. “They offer a real insight into the thinking and behavior of the police working on the Kelly case. These are ‘bottom up’ working documents from police and civilians in the field and they give a very different perspective to the police side of the story which has largely been overshadowed by the mythology surrounding the Kelly saga.”
One of the documents, a report from a policeman sent to recover the body of Sgt Kennedy, shot dead by the Kelly Gang, gives a graphic description of the sergeant’s face as so badly mutilated the body should not be viewed by the widow. Dr Haldane said this ran “counter to the dominant view of the Kellys behaving humanely toward their victims. The truth is they brutally murdered three policemen – an unprecedented act then and now in Australia - and then robbed their corpses.”
Another of the letters, written in the aftermath of the Stringybark Creek killings, is from a policeman to a superior begging permission to join the hunt for the Gang and pledging he would ask nothing from the State in the way of support for his family in the event of his untimely death.
Dr Haldane said other archival material also revealed some surprising facts about the make-up of the police force at the time. Contrary to popular belief, more than 80 percent of the force was Irish, as was the Chief Commissioner and the Chief Justice. This challenged the widely-held notion that the bushranger (Australian-born) was a victim of English establishment racism toward the Irish. “Ned Kelly committed crimes against Irishmen, was hunted by Irishmen and ultimately, convicted by an Irishman,” Dr Haldane has concluded.
His talk is one of a number of events in the packed Ned Kelly Weekend program, being directed for the first time by the Beechworth Historical Re-enactment Group and with a special focus on the police role in the Kelly saga.
The program will also include a Victoria Police Museum exhibition, The Police View of the Kelly Gang and Policing the North East at the Sub Treasury Building of the Beechworth Historic & Cultural Precinct, a former gold office and for many years the Beechworth police station.
In addition, authentically re-created events featuring precisely detailed police uniforms of the day from Ned Kelly Weekend organisers, the Beechworth Historical Re-enactment Group (BHRG), will give new prominence to the ‘men in blue’ of the Kelly era.
Dr Haldane will also appear at a Saturday evening Q & A at Beechworth’s Old Priory, Behind the Armour, which will see a panel debate both sides of the argument. Moderated by ABC Radio’s Gaye Pattison, the panel lineup will include Dr Haldane, the noted Kelly historian, Alex McDermott and author, Kelvyn Gill, whose biography Edward Kelly: The Times of his Life, 1820 – 1893 is currently due for release.
Passionate debates aside, the Ned Kelly Weekend program also offers some rollicking good music and fun including the sensational opening night event at the Nicholas Hotel, Food, Featre, Fashion & Fiddle-de-dee, featuring one of Australia’s best Celtic bands, Braemar.
Collections Manager, Liz Marsden, said a box containing the documents had been discovered during the course of an exhaustive registration project of every object, book and piece of paper in the collection as part of a Museums Australia museum accreditation program.
She said the Museum was excited to find the box of ‘extremely fragile documents’ relating directly to events surrounding Australia’s most notorious bushranger. At present this collection is not available for research as it is being painstakingly digitalised with the aim of making it available to the public sometime in the future via the museum’s website.
Meanwhile, they will form the basis of a fascinating talk – The Kelly Hunters: a Police Perspective - by the respected author, historian and retired Superintendent of the Victoria Police, Dr Robert Haldane, at the Historic Courthouse, as part of the 2009 Beechworth Ned Kelly Weekend on Saturday 8 August at 10am. Dr Haldane was granted access to the documents as part of his research for the Ned Kelly Weekend.
“These Police Museum documents are actual primary sources from the police and volunteers on the ground at the time,” Dr Haldane said. “They offer a real insight into the thinking and behavior of the police working on the Kelly case. These are ‘bottom up’ working documents from police and civilians in the field and they give a very different perspective to the police side of the story which has largely been overshadowed by the mythology surrounding the Kelly saga.”
One of the documents, a report from a policeman sent to recover the body of Sgt Kennedy, shot dead by the Kelly Gang, gives a graphic description of the sergeant’s face as so badly mutilated the body should not be viewed by the widow. Dr Haldane said this ran “counter to the dominant view of the Kellys behaving humanely toward their victims. The truth is they brutally murdered three policemen – an unprecedented act then and now in Australia - and then robbed their corpses.”
Another of the letters, written in the aftermath of the Stringybark Creek killings, is from a policeman to a superior begging permission to join the hunt for the Gang and pledging he would ask nothing from the State in the way of support for his family in the event of his untimely death.
Dr Haldane said other archival material also revealed some surprising facts about the make-up of the police force at the time. Contrary to popular belief, more than 80 percent of the force was Irish, as was the Chief Commissioner and the Chief Justice. This challenged the widely-held notion that the bushranger (Australian-born) was a victim of English establishment racism toward the Irish. “Ned Kelly committed crimes against Irishmen, was hunted by Irishmen and ultimately, convicted by an Irishman,” Dr Haldane has concluded.
His talk is one of a number of events in the packed Ned Kelly Weekend program, being directed for the first time by the Beechworth Historical Re-enactment Group and with a special focus on the police role in the Kelly saga.
The program will also include a Victoria Police Museum exhibition, The Police View of the Kelly Gang and Policing the North East at the Sub Treasury Building of the Beechworth Historic & Cultural Precinct, a former gold office and for many years the Beechworth police station.
In addition, authentically re-created events featuring precisely detailed police uniforms of the day from Ned Kelly Weekend organisers, the Beechworth Historical Re-enactment Group (BHRG), will give new prominence to the ‘men in blue’ of the Kelly era.
Dr Haldane will also appear at a Saturday evening Q & A at Beechworth’s Old Priory, Behind the Armour, which will see a panel debate both sides of the argument. Moderated by ABC Radio’s Gaye Pattison, the panel lineup will include Dr Haldane, the noted Kelly historian, Alex McDermott and author, Kelvyn Gill, whose biography Edward Kelly: The Times of his Life, 1820 – 1893 is currently due for release.
Passionate debates aside, the Ned Kelly Weekend program also offers some rollicking good music and fun including the sensational opening night event at the Nicholas Hotel, Food, Featre, Fashion & Fiddle-de-dee, featuring one of Australia’s best Celtic bands, Braemar.
Thursday 16 July 2009
Windows into a world in need
An art exhibition that reflects the theme of this year’s Kerferd Oration in Beechworth is being unveiled this week in shop windows in the town.
More than 25 pieces of art are on display in Beechworth windows from now until the Oration on Sunday, August 2, which this year is being delivered by the Chief Executive Officer of World Vision Rev Tim Costello AO. The title of his Oration, “Community Values for a World in Need”.
The curator of the exhibition, Pam Magennis, said last year’s inaugural exhibition, which reflected Professor Tim Flannery’s Oration on climate change, was such a resounding success that she wanted to continue the momentum.
“The idea developed last year taking art to the streets and using the window spaces. It makes art more accessible,” Pam said. “I’ve had such great support from both artists and the local traders. The traders were keen to be involved again, providing venues to exhibit the works and promoting the Kerferd Oration.”
Pam said viewing the art work on a self-guided tour, with details of pieces in a catalogue and also in the windows, was a “rich experience” using the streets of Beechworth in a different way. “Historically, Beechworth streets have seen many performances – parades, decorations, and festivals and now this art exhibition,” she said. “And it opens up a lot of conversations about the theme of the Kerferd Oration. Artists have looked at ‘the world in need’ in their pieces and we are asked to look at what our community values are in the light of this.”
The artists participating in the exhibition looked at their personal experiences, their thoughts about local and world events, about social justice issues, about family and also about the environment, which they see as intertwined with the need for social justice.
The art works are on display in shop windows in Camp and Ford Streets. Artists participating include Border photographer Rob Lacey whose work looks at identity and culture, and developing a sense of belonging and caring. Other artists include Jo Voigt, Ali Rowe, Lily Cunningham, Bronwyn Cossor, Mary Rosengren, Mary Ross, Kathy Whelan and Kerry Weymouth, Inga Hanover, Judy Hawking-Burnett and Vicki Luke.
Catalogues can be obtained from the Beechworth Visitor Information Centre in Ford Street. The Kerferd Oration is on Sunday, August 2, at 11am, at the Kerferd Conference Centre at La Trobe Beechworth. Doors open at 10.15am.
Caption: Photographer Rob Lacey finishes installing his series of photos, “Identity and Culture”, in the window of Beechworth Pharmacy.
Thursday 2 July 2009
Lively debate, rollicking good fun on the menu at Ned Kelly Weekend 2009
fashioned knees-up when the famous Ned Kelly Weekend returns from Friday 7 to Sunday 9 August.
In its sixth year, this major event for regional Victoria, and Australia’s most significant annual celebration of the Kelly legend, looks set to spark plenty of debate with this year’s program taking a close look at the role of the police in the Kelly drama.
One hundred and twenty nine years may have passed since Australia’s most notorious bushranger was committed for trial in Beechworth’s Courthouse and hanged at the Old Melbourne Gaol, but the line remains clearly drawn between those whose sympathies lie with the Kelly clan, and those who believe the police version of events has been hijacked by those on the opposite side of the fence.
A Courthouse talk by the respected author, historian and retired Superintendent of the Victoria Police, Dr Robert Haldane, is sure to be controversial. Dr Haldane is expected to reveal previously unknown material from the Victoria Police Museum which will shed new light on the role of the police in the hunt for the Kelly Gang (More on that soon!).
Dr Haldane’s exhaustive research has also unearthed little known details about the make-up of both the police force and policing methods of the times in which the fates of Ned Kelly and some of the lesser-known characters of the story, in particular, police officers Michael Kennedy, Michael Scanlan and Thomas Lonigan were so tragically sealed.
A Saturday evening Q & A at Beechworth’s Old Priory, Behind the Armour, will offer a great opportunity to hear both sides of the argument. Moderated by ABC Radio’s Gaye Pattison, the panel lineup will include Dr Haldane, the noted Kelly historian, Alex McDermott and author, Kelvyn Gill, whose biography Edward Kelly: The Times of his Life, 1820 – 1893 is currently due for release.
Passionate debates aside, the Ned Kelly Weekend program also offers some rollicking good music and fun including the sensational opening night event at the Nicholas Hotel featuring one of Australia’s best Celtic bands, Braemar.
Full program details or bookings via Beechworth Visitor Information Centre - www.beechworthonline.com.au or phone 1300 366 321
In its sixth year, this major event for regional Victoria, and Australia’s most significant annual celebration of the Kelly legend, looks set to spark plenty of debate with this year’s program taking a close look at the role of the police in the Kelly drama.
One hundred and twenty nine years may have passed since Australia’s most notorious bushranger was committed for trial in Beechworth’s Courthouse and hanged at the Old Melbourne Gaol, but the line remains clearly drawn between those whose sympathies lie with the Kelly clan, and those who believe the police version of events has been hijacked by those on the opposite side of the fence.
A Courthouse talk by the respected author, historian and retired Superintendent of the Victoria Police, Dr Robert Haldane, is sure to be controversial. Dr Haldane is expected to reveal previously unknown material from the Victoria Police Museum which will shed new light on the role of the police in the hunt for the Kelly Gang (More on that soon!).
Dr Haldane’s exhaustive research has also unearthed little known details about the make-up of both the police force and policing methods of the times in which the fates of Ned Kelly and some of the lesser-known characters of the story, in particular, police officers Michael Kennedy, Michael Scanlan and Thomas Lonigan were so tragically sealed.
A Saturday evening Q & A at Beechworth’s Old Priory, Behind the Armour, will offer a great opportunity to hear both sides of the argument. Moderated by ABC Radio’s Gaye Pattison, the panel lineup will include Dr Haldane, the noted Kelly historian, Alex McDermott and author, Kelvyn Gill, whose biography Edward Kelly: The Times of his Life, 1820 – 1893 is currently due for release.
Passionate debates aside, the Ned Kelly Weekend program also offers some rollicking good music and fun including the sensational opening night event at the Nicholas Hotel featuring one of Australia’s best Celtic bands, Braemar.
Full program details or bookings via Beechworth Visitor Information Centre - www.beechworthonline.com.au or phone 1300 366 321
Tuesday 30 June 2009
CHANGE OF DATE FOR KERFERD ORATION IN BEECHWORTH
The date for this year’s Kerferd Oration in Beechworth with Rev Tim Costello AO has been changed.
The Oration was to have been held at La Trobe Beechworth on Sunday July 19, but it has been moved back two weeks to Sunday, August 2.
The Oration is held in the Kerferd Conference Centre starting at 11am and doors will be open at 10.15am. Organisers are expecting a large crowd similar to last year when more than 750 people turned out to listen to Prof Tim Flannery.
Rev Tim Costello is a leading voice on social justice issues, having spearheaded public debates on gambling, poverty, homelessness, reconciliation and substance abuse.
As CEO of World Vision Tim’s leadership inspired unprecedented generosity in Australia with $100 million raised for World Vision for tsunami relief in 2004.
His passion for justice reaches across political and social divides.
His Oration is on “Community values for a World in Need”.
The Oration was to have been held at La Trobe Beechworth on Sunday July 19, but it has been moved back two weeks to Sunday, August 2.
The Oration is held in the Kerferd Conference Centre starting at 11am and doors will be open at 10.15am. Organisers are expecting a large crowd similar to last year when more than 750 people turned out to listen to Prof Tim Flannery.
Rev Tim Costello is a leading voice on social justice issues, having spearheaded public debates on gambling, poverty, homelessness, reconciliation and substance abuse.
As CEO of World Vision Tim’s leadership inspired unprecedented generosity in Australia with $100 million raised for World Vision for tsunami relief in 2004.
His passion for justice reaches across political and social divides.
His Oration is on “Community values for a World in Need”.
Saturday 13 June 2009
Friends Of The Robert O’Hara Burke Memorial Museum
Friends Of The Robert O’Hara Burke Memorial Museum Present two local guest speakers, who will give their personal recollections of working at the Beechworth Gaol & May Day Hills
Date Sunday 14th June 2009
Time: 4pm -6pm
Venue: Burke Museum
RSVP: 03 5728 8067
Free Event
Bring a friend to join up
Monday 8 June 2009
Stanley Bears Special Limited Edition for 2009
George Francis,
Pioneer Vigneron Founder of Morris Wines Rutherglen, Victoria
Celebrating 150 years of Winemaking at Rutherglen Victoria
Rutherglen is the oldest continuous wine producing area in Australia, with the Morris family celebrating their 150th Anniversary this year.
When we approached David Morris he was honoured to have his great-grandfather’s name attached to the bear. David is the fifth generation vigneron in the Morris dynasty. Since 1993 he has won more awards than any other Australian winemaker.
In releasing George Francis we are also honouring all the winemakers of Rutherglen who produce some outstanding vintages every year. The area is well known for its fortifieds as well as wide range of other wines. As wine expert James Halliday has said, it is ‘one of the truly great wine tourism destinations.’
Lay-by is available over four months, and we would like all bears to be collected by November 30, 2009. Last’ year’s Special Edition sold out in just nine weeks and we expect a similar response this year.
Profile
Height: 37cm (14 ½ inches)
Material: Schulte German medium/sparse blonde mohair
Features: Hand-made wooden wine cask by J Anstis, wood-turner of Maryborough,Qld
This is a Special Limited Edition for 2009
Full price AU $260.00 plus p&h and Registered mail (as required)
Another exclusive Stanley Bear from
Eunice A Eiseman
28 Rosengren Lane, Stanley VIC 3747
Telephone (03) 5728 6623
Email: enuice@stanleybears.com.au
Monday 11 May 2009
Ned Kelly Weekend to highlight police role in ‘Kelly sideshow’ Friday 7 – Sunday 9 August
The role of the police in the saga of Australia’s most famous bushranger will take centre stage at this year’s Beechworth Ned Kelly Weekend, returning Friday 7 to Sunday 9 August.
As a participant in the Talks by the Experts and Behind the Armour events of this year’s program the noted author, historian and retired Superintendent of the Victoria Police, Dr Robert Haldane, will bring a fascinating insider’s view to some of the lesser-known characters of what he terms ‘the Kelly sideshow’ notably, police officers Michael Kennedy, Michael Scanlan and Thomas Lonigan.
A Victoria Police Museum exhibition, The Police View of the Kelly Gang and Policing the North East will be held at the Sub Treasury Building of the Beechworth Historic & Cultural Precinct, a former gold office and for many years the Beechworth police station.
In addition, authentically re-created events featuring precisely detailed police uniforms of the day from Ned Kelly Weekend organisers, the Beechworth Historical Re-enactment Group (BHRG), will give new prominence to the ‘men in blue’ of the Kelly era.
Australia’s premier Ned Kelly event will also offer a lively program of free and ticketed events, including Western Australia’s Peter Nettleton in the Victorian premiere of his theatrical narrative, Harry Power & the Boy Bushranger, at the historic Courthouse. A host of other Kelly-related events will complete the weekend, including a poetry BBQ, great music, Ned Kelly tours, a heritage market, competitions and conversations with experts on the subject of the life and times of Australia’s most notorious bushranger.
Now in its sixth year and widely regarded as this country’s most important annual celebration of the Kelly legend, the weekend event commemorates the anniversary of the outlaw’s committal hearing held in the Beechworth Courthouse from 6 to 11 August 1880.
This year, Ned’s arrival at the Beechworth Railway Station, his transport to the Courthouse, the committal hearing based on actual court transcripts and his ultimate departure from the Court under police guard for transfer to the Old Melbourne Gaol to meet his ultimate fate will all be brought to life by the BHRG.
Established last year and with a membership of 30 and growing fast, the BRG is a committed living history group which recreates the Beechworth of the period 1852 to 1885, with a special focus on the events surrounding Ned Kelly’s links to the town. Wearing the authentic dress of the day, the BHRG is often seen on the streets of Beechworth and other regional centres taking part in street parades, displays and other commemorative activities including the recent re-enactment of the Kelly Gang robbery of the bank in Euroa in December 1878.
Book online www.beechworthonline.com.au
As a participant in the Talks by the Experts and Behind the Armour events of this year’s program the noted author, historian and retired Superintendent of the Victoria Police, Dr Robert Haldane, will bring a fascinating insider’s view to some of the lesser-known characters of what he terms ‘the Kelly sideshow’ notably, police officers Michael Kennedy, Michael Scanlan and Thomas Lonigan.
A Victoria Police Museum exhibition, The Police View of the Kelly Gang and Policing the North East will be held at the Sub Treasury Building of the Beechworth Historic & Cultural Precinct, a former gold office and for many years the Beechworth police station.
In addition, authentically re-created events featuring precisely detailed police uniforms of the day from Ned Kelly Weekend organisers, the Beechworth Historical Re-enactment Group (BHRG), will give new prominence to the ‘men in blue’ of the Kelly era.
Australia’s premier Ned Kelly event will also offer a lively program of free and ticketed events, including Western Australia’s Peter Nettleton in the Victorian premiere of his theatrical narrative, Harry Power & the Boy Bushranger, at the historic Courthouse. A host of other Kelly-related events will complete the weekend, including a poetry BBQ, great music, Ned Kelly tours, a heritage market, competitions and conversations with experts on the subject of the life and times of Australia’s most notorious bushranger.
Now in its sixth year and widely regarded as this country’s most important annual celebration of the Kelly legend, the weekend event commemorates the anniversary of the outlaw’s committal hearing held in the Beechworth Courthouse from 6 to 11 August 1880.
This year, Ned’s arrival at the Beechworth Railway Station, his transport to the Courthouse, the committal hearing based on actual court transcripts and his ultimate departure from the Court under police guard for transfer to the Old Melbourne Gaol to meet his ultimate fate will all be brought to life by the BHRG.
Established last year and with a membership of 30 and growing fast, the BRG is a committed living history group which recreates the Beechworth of the period 1852 to 1885, with a special focus on the events surrounding Ned Kelly’s links to the town. Wearing the authentic dress of the day, the BHRG is often seen on the streets of Beechworth and other regional centres taking part in street parades, displays and other commemorative activities including the recent re-enactment of the Kelly Gang robbery of the bank in Euroa in December 1878.
Book online www.beechworthonline.com.au
Sunday 3 May 2009
‘BACKYARD TO FARM GATE’ PRODUCTIVE GARDENS TOUR Tickets Now On Sale
Dates : Saturday 16 and Sunday 17 May 2009
Location: Beechworth and District
Transport: Self drive tour
Directions: Map and information is supplied with a ticket
Hours: Gardens open 10 am – 4 pm both days
Discover some of the productive gardens of Beechworth and district ranging from backyard size to 60 hectares
A small diverse and intensive artisan cottage garden
A family operated extensive garden that is an orchard with a range of tree ripened fruits
A picturesque productive olive grove where the olives are now being harvested
Beechworth Neighbourhood Centre Communal Garden with its great granite rock work and fabulous winter vegetable crop.
A large country garden with a potager, shared vegetable garden and home orchard
This is your chance to taste their produce, get to know the people who grow the food you eat and take some home
Meet passionate gardeners who nurture and cherish their plants and are dedicated to producing fruit and vegetables for their own satisfaction and personal use and the larger scale growers and makers of produce for local and regional markets and their own farm gate sales.
A great way to discover and explore how you can grow your own food in your garden and to savour the harvests delights of gardens on a bigger scale.
In these uncertain times in terms of climate and economic conditions, this is a chance to explore producing fresh food in your own backyard.
Gardens will be open in all weather conditions
Wear comfortable shoes for walking
Bring wet weather gear in case of rain
Visitors are requested to respect the gardens they visit and their plants
Book Tickets Online
Beechworth Visitor Information Centre
Phone: 1300 366 321
Web: www.beechworthonline.com.au
Drive Back in Time on this weekend in Beechworth
This Saturday 2 and Sunday 3 May sees the return of one of Beechworth’s best loved events, Drive Back in Time featuring a fantastic lineup of dozens of cars from days gone by.
Please contact 03 5728 2286 or 0427 282 285 for more information. The Beechworth Old Cranks Motor Club are the event organisers. Their website is at http://www.beechwortholdcranksclub.com
This is a true feast for car enthusiasts and will offer excellent photo opportunities throughout this weekend.
Please contact 03 5728 2286 or 0427 282 285 for more information. The Beechworth Old Cranks Motor Club are the event organisers. Their website is at http://www.beechwortholdcranksclub.com
This is a true feast for car enthusiasts and will offer excellent photo opportunities throughout this weekend.
Saturday 2 May 2009
Regional temptations showcased at 2009 Beechworth Harvest Celebration
Beechworth’s sensational Harvest Celebration returns on Saturday 16 and Sunday 17 May bigger than ever with a packed program showcasing sublime regional food, wine and beer from more than 50 producers.
Now in its sixteenth year, organisers have for the f irst time partnered with North East Valleys Food & Wine resulting in outstanding representation from across this beautiful part of the world, including the renowned Beechworth, Rutherglen, Milawa and King Valley regions as well as the emerging areas of the Ovens Valley, Kiewa Valley and Glenrowan.
Visitors to Beechworth can enjoy a weekend of meeting local growers and sampling their wares under the big marquee in Ford Street outside the famous Historic & Cultural Precinct.
A host of producers including Beechworth Honey guru Jodie Goldswothy, Beechworth Brewer Ben Kraus, Rutherglen Estate winemaker John Gehrig and Beechworth Bakery’s Tom O’Toole, w ill take centre stage on Saturday and Sunday for an entertaining and educational program of cooking demonstrations, expert advice, tips, tall tales and true.
In addition, some of Beechworth’s top restaurants will weave their magic across the Harvest
Celebration at:
- The Gala Harvest Dinner @ La Trobe with MC Richard Cornish, the author and creative director for the Melbourne Food and Wine Festival. The three course food and wine/beer-matched dinner on Friday 15 May will mark the official opening of the 2009 event.
- Wardens Chrismont La Zona Harvest Lunch. In true North East Victorian Italian style, the renowned Wardens Food & Wine of Beechworth w ill team with Chrismont Wines of The King Valley to host a memorable lunch experience featuring a four course menu created by Wardens head chef Douglas Elder matched with superb wines from Chrismont.
- Brewers, Beer & Breakfast @ Bridge Road Brewers. A fantastic way to learn the arts of brewing and baking with the crew at Bridge Road Brewers.
- Gigi ’s of Beechworth’s Wild Harvest Lunch, A four course lunch teamed with f ive iconic Beechworth wines presented by the makers, showcasing regional wild ingredients picked, pickled, pressed, pinched and trapped by Allan and the Gigi's crew from local forests and farms.
Now in its sixteenth year, organisers have for the f irst time partnered with North East Valleys Food & Wine resulting in outstanding representation from across this beautiful part of the world, including the renowned Beechworth, Rutherglen, Milawa and King Valley regions as well as the emerging areas of the Ovens Valley, Kiewa Valley and Glenrowan.
Visitors to Beechworth can enjoy a weekend of meeting local growers and sampling their wares under the big marquee in Ford Street outside the famous Historic & Cultural Precinct.
A host of producers including Beechworth Honey guru Jodie Goldswothy, Beechworth Brewer Ben Kraus, Rutherglen Estate winemaker John Gehrig and Beechworth Bakery’s Tom O’Toole, w ill take centre stage on Saturday and Sunday for an entertaining and educational program of cooking demonstrations, expert advice, tips, tall tales and true.
In addition, some of Beechworth’s top restaurants will weave their magic across the Harvest
Celebration at:
- The Gala Harvest Dinner @ La Trobe with MC Richard Cornish, the author and creative director for the Melbourne Food and Wine Festival. The three course food and wine/beer-matched dinner on Friday 15 May will mark the official opening of the 2009 event.
- Wardens Chrismont La Zona Harvest Lunch. In true North East Victorian Italian style, the renowned Wardens Food & Wine of Beechworth w ill team with Chrismont Wines of The King Valley to host a memorable lunch experience featuring a four course menu created by Wardens head chef Douglas Elder matched with superb wines from Chrismont.
- Brewers, Beer & Breakfast @ Bridge Road Brewers. A fantastic way to learn the arts of brewing and baking with the crew at Bridge Road Brewers.
- Gigi ’s of Beechworth’s Wild Harvest Lunch, A four course lunch teamed with f ive iconic Beechworth wines presented by the makers, showcasing regional wild ingredients picked, pickled, pressed, pinched and trapped by Allan and the Gigi's crew from local forests and farms.
Monday 13 April 2009
Congratulations to 1860 Luxury Accommodation
1860 Luxury Accommodation has been included in the "100 Best Holiday Discoveries" by Travel & Leisure Magazine. The list includes the 100 best destinations, discoveries and moments as voted by the Travel & Leisure worldwide team. Of the 26 accommodation houses in the list, 10 are from Australia, with 1860 the only inclusion from NE Victoria.
Sunday 5 April 2009
Beechworth Golden Horseshoes Festival Program Easter 2009
FESTIVAL PROGRAM
GOOD FRIDAY 10TH APRIL 2009
10am -4pm Royal Children’s Hospital Appeal
Family Fun Day in the Police Paddocks (opposite the Beechworth Visitor Information Centre) Highlights include an auction at the rear of the Empire Hotel, carnival and children’s activities.
11am Walk of Witness
Christ Anglican Church, Corner Ford and Camp streets. Come and join this group as they walk through the town, stopping at several points along the way, to read the Easter story. At the conclusion of the walk a cross will be planted in the grounds of St Andrews Uniting Church.
12.30pm Hit off Golden Putter Golf Comp
Beechworth Golf Club – Baarmutha Park – Balaclava Road. Mixed stableford event. Visitors welcome. Proceeds go to the Royal Children’s Hospital Appeal.
EASTER SATURDAY 11th APRIL 2009
The Golden Horseshoes Festival commemorates a colourful even of Beechworth’s past – the episode of the golden horseshoes. In 1855 Daniel Cameron was elected Member of the Victorian Legislative Council representing the Ovens District. During the wild celebrations that followed, he was said to have ridden a horse shod with golden horse shoes through the streets of Beechworth.
“the story has be repeated many times, handed from generation to generation, and like many such stories, it has changed or been embellished as time goes by. In 1954 the people of Beechworth erected a monument on the outskirts of the town to commemorate this event” From Rosalyn Shennan’s The 1855 Ovens Election and the Golden Horseshoe.
All Day Police Paddock
Car display: The Old Cranks Club
Amusements – fun rides for all the family
Air brush tattoos.
9am -4pm Beechworth Rotary Country Market at Queen Victoria Park
9am -4pm Paddy’s Market
Topend of Ford Street, Beechworth Neighbourhood Centre’s big annual fundraiser. Stalls featuring brick-a-brac, collectables and second-hand household items.
9am Beechworth Gold Annual Fun Run/Walk
Starting and finishing from Balaclava Road behind Beechworth Secondary College. Following an undulating scenic course using predominately sealed roads with great views of picturesque Beechworth including Lake Sambell and the Gorge. Walk or run 10km or 3km. Over $1500 in cash and prizes.
10.30am Shoeing of the horse with Golden Horseshoes
Historic & Cultural Precinct
“The supporters of Mr. Cameron testified their respect for him by providing the horse he rode during the election, with a set of golden shoes…’ Don’t miss this annual Festival highlight. See the horse that will lead the Grand Parade being shod with real golden horseshoes.
10am -12noon Beechworth Health Display Post Office corner
2009 is the Australian Red Cross Year of the Blood Donor. Drop by this stand for more information about what is available from our local hospital.
12noon The Beechworth Historical Re-enactment Group – Roving
Recreation of the opening of Beechworth’s Mayday Hills Lunatic Asylum (1867- 1995) Until the early 1860s, people suffering from mental illness were accommodated in the jail system, housed in overcrowded cells alongside hardened criminals where they had little ope of adequate treatment. The Beechworth Lunatic asylum was opened in 1867 and operated as a mental health facility right up until 1995.
10am -4pm Museum Victoria Discovery Program – Camp Street
Be inspired by this fascinating museum Victoria collection of Dinosaurs and Fossils. Hold a real 150 million year old Tyrannosaurus Rex foot bone in your hand and see up close life-size replica bones of a five-and-a-half metre tall Tsintaoaurus (an Asioan relative of the Tyrannosaurus Rex), a seven metre Stegosaurus and dinosaur foot prints.
Sponsored by WAW Credit Union
10am -4pm Camp street Food Court
Don’t miss our sensational Food court, right in the heart of town. Grab a bite to eat from our variety of vendors, it down, relax and enjoy a great day’s live entertainment.
10am -5pm FREE Live entertainment
Live music from the Beechworth Bakery and street entertainment including:
Australia Fair Grand Concert Street Organ: Belgium-built travelling concert organ. The organ has the equivalent sound of a20 piece band and operates on air pressure generated by a bellows and regulated by a reservoir. Musicians Sean Cartilage and daughter Olivia, Murray Brass, Albury Pipes & Drums.
10am -4pm Roaming performers and buskers
Festive Factory 3-D Entertainment combines the talents of Sue Blakey and Steve Scott who spectacular giant butterflies and roaming camels will bring colour and fun to this great family day out.
Melbourne Chinese Youth Society
The eve so popular lion and dragon team will weave their way through Camp Street and once again be part of the grand parade.
1pm The Grand Parade, Ford Street
Daniel Cameron’s famous ride through town will be re-enacted with the horse with the golden horseshoes leads the Grand Parade from Church Street. Featuring dozens of colourful, historical and funny floats and entries, all vying for the Beechworth Bakery Perpetual Trophy (last years winners: The Old Priory with “Sister Act”)
6pm Friends of the Burke Museum
Leaves from the Burke Museum Loch Street 6pm sharp: $5 per head
7pm Documentary screening of the Buckland Valley Goldfields From The Ashes.
Memorial Hall Ford Street 7pm. Entry $5 per head No Booking required.
EASTER SUNDAY 12th APRIL 2009
6.30am Easter Dawn Service
Sunrise service celebrating the resurrection of Christ, on the rock, overlooking the town of Beechworth. Enter at The Golden Horseshoes Monument o n Sydney Road. BYO rug/cushion and share and early coffee and bun.
11.30am Children’s Easter Egg Hunt FREE ENTRY Chinese Gardens Albert Road
Bring The children along and meet the Easter Bunny who will be stopping by to deliver Easter Eggs
10am -4pm Food Court & Band on the balcony of the Beechworth Bakery
Camp Street – Roaming entertainment
12.30pm Announcement of the winner of the Gold Fever Treasure Hunt
Relive the lust for gold and be in the running for your chance to win an amazing $2000 Gold Egg sponsored by Beechworth Gold.
To win, you must find a number of clues and be the first correct entry drawn. $2 per entry.
Collect and lodge your entry at either the Rotary Kiosk – corner Ford and Camp Streets (outside Beechworth Gold) or the Beechworth Visitor Information Centre – Ford Street. The winner will be announced at 12.30pm from the Balcony of the Beechworth Bakery.
ALL WEEKEND
Beechworth Ghost Tours
Guided tour of the former Mayday Hills Hospital, now the home to La Trobe University. Bookings essential. Phone: 0447 432 816
Beechworth Historic & Cultural Precinct
Explore one of Australia’s finest collections of nationally significant Gold Era Buildings. Stand in the dock where Ned Kelly stood trial, send a Telegram, explore Beechworth’s Chinese Cultural heritage at the Chinese Cultural Centre, drop into the fascinating Burke Museum or take one of our fantastic walking tours led by expert guides. Contact the Beechworth Visitor Information Centre opposite the historic Courthouse or phone 133 66 321 or book online at www.beechworthonline.com.au
Self Guided Tours
Beechworth Mayday Hills Hospital – now Lat Robe University
Follow the Pioneers brochure - $1
Cemetery Tour
See the friendly Beechworth Visitor Information staff for advice and brochures.
FESTIVAL SERVICES
Festival Head Quarters: (Sat only): Sub Treasury Building, historic & Cultural Precinct, Ford Street
St. John Ambulance: (Sat only) located in the Historic and Cultural Precinct
Combined Churches – Baby Care and & Feed Room: 10am -4pm (Sat only) located in the Salvation Army Hall top end of Ford Street
GOOD FRIDAY 10TH APRIL 2009
10am -4pm Royal Children’s Hospital Appeal
Family Fun Day in the Police Paddocks (opposite the Beechworth Visitor Information Centre) Highlights include an auction at the rear of the Empire Hotel, carnival and children’s activities.
11am Walk of Witness
Christ Anglican Church, Corner Ford and Camp streets. Come and join this group as they walk through the town, stopping at several points along the way, to read the Easter story. At the conclusion of the walk a cross will be planted in the grounds of St Andrews Uniting Church.
12.30pm Hit off Golden Putter Golf Comp
Beechworth Golf Club – Baarmutha Park – Balaclava Road. Mixed stableford event. Visitors welcome. Proceeds go to the Royal Children’s Hospital Appeal.
EASTER SATURDAY 11th APRIL 2009
The Golden Horseshoes Festival commemorates a colourful even of Beechworth’s past – the episode of the golden horseshoes. In 1855 Daniel Cameron was elected Member of the Victorian Legislative Council representing the Ovens District. During the wild celebrations that followed, he was said to have ridden a horse shod with golden horse shoes through the streets of Beechworth.
“the story has be repeated many times, handed from generation to generation, and like many such stories, it has changed or been embellished as time goes by. In 1954 the people of Beechworth erected a monument on the outskirts of the town to commemorate this event” From Rosalyn Shennan’s The 1855 Ovens Election and the Golden Horseshoe.
All Day Police Paddock
Car display: The Old Cranks Club
Amusements – fun rides for all the family
Air brush tattoos.
9am -4pm Beechworth Rotary Country Market at Queen Victoria Park
9am -4pm Paddy’s Market
Topend of Ford Street, Beechworth Neighbourhood Centre’s big annual fundraiser. Stalls featuring brick-a-brac, collectables and second-hand household items.
9am Beechworth Gold Annual Fun Run/Walk
Starting and finishing from Balaclava Road behind Beechworth Secondary College. Following an undulating scenic course using predominately sealed roads with great views of picturesque Beechworth including Lake Sambell and the Gorge. Walk or run 10km or 3km. Over $1500 in cash and prizes.
10.30am Shoeing of the horse with Golden Horseshoes
Historic & Cultural Precinct
“The supporters of Mr. Cameron testified their respect for him by providing the horse he rode during the election, with a set of golden shoes…’ Don’t miss this annual Festival highlight. See the horse that will lead the Grand Parade being shod with real golden horseshoes.
10am -12noon Beechworth Health Display Post Office corner
2009 is the Australian Red Cross Year of the Blood Donor. Drop by this stand for more information about what is available from our local hospital.
12noon The Beechworth Historical Re-enactment Group – Roving
Recreation of the opening of Beechworth’s Mayday Hills Lunatic Asylum (1867- 1995) Until the early 1860s, people suffering from mental illness were accommodated in the jail system, housed in overcrowded cells alongside hardened criminals where they had little ope of adequate treatment. The Beechworth Lunatic asylum was opened in 1867 and operated as a mental health facility right up until 1995.
10am -4pm Museum Victoria Discovery Program – Camp Street
Be inspired by this fascinating museum Victoria collection of Dinosaurs and Fossils. Hold a real 150 million year old Tyrannosaurus Rex foot bone in your hand and see up close life-size replica bones of a five-and-a-half metre tall Tsintaoaurus (an Asioan relative of the Tyrannosaurus Rex), a seven metre Stegosaurus and dinosaur foot prints.
Sponsored by WAW Credit Union
10am -4pm Camp street Food Court
Don’t miss our sensational Food court, right in the heart of town. Grab a bite to eat from our variety of vendors, it down, relax and enjoy a great day’s live entertainment.
10am -5pm FREE Live entertainment
Live music from the Beechworth Bakery and street entertainment including:
Australia Fair Grand Concert Street Organ: Belgium-built travelling concert organ. The organ has the equivalent sound of a20 piece band and operates on air pressure generated by a bellows and regulated by a reservoir. Musicians Sean Cartilage and daughter Olivia, Murray Brass, Albury Pipes & Drums.
10am -4pm Roaming performers and buskers
Festive Factory 3-D Entertainment combines the talents of Sue Blakey and Steve Scott who spectacular giant butterflies and roaming camels will bring colour and fun to this great family day out.
Melbourne Chinese Youth Society
The eve so popular lion and dragon team will weave their way through Camp Street and once again be part of the grand parade.
1pm The Grand Parade, Ford Street
Daniel Cameron’s famous ride through town will be re-enacted with the horse with the golden horseshoes leads the Grand Parade from Church Street. Featuring dozens of colourful, historical and funny floats and entries, all vying for the Beechworth Bakery Perpetual Trophy (last years winners: The Old Priory with “Sister Act”)
6pm Friends of the Burke Museum
Leaves from the Burke Museum Loch Street 6pm sharp: $5 per head
7pm Documentary screening of the Buckland Valley Goldfields From The Ashes.
Memorial Hall Ford Street 7pm. Entry $5 per head No Booking required.
EASTER SUNDAY 12th APRIL 2009
6.30am Easter Dawn Service
Sunrise service celebrating the resurrection of Christ, on the rock, overlooking the town of Beechworth. Enter at The Golden Horseshoes Monument o n Sydney Road. BYO rug/cushion and share and early coffee and bun.
11.30am Children’s Easter Egg Hunt FREE ENTRY Chinese Gardens Albert Road
Bring The children along and meet the Easter Bunny who will be stopping by to deliver Easter Eggs
10am -4pm Food Court & Band on the balcony of the Beechworth Bakery
Camp Street – Roaming entertainment
12.30pm Announcement of the winner of the Gold Fever Treasure Hunt
Relive the lust for gold and be in the running for your chance to win an amazing $2000 Gold Egg sponsored by Beechworth Gold.
To win, you must find a number of clues and be the first correct entry drawn. $2 per entry.
Collect and lodge your entry at either the Rotary Kiosk – corner Ford and Camp Streets (outside Beechworth Gold) or the Beechworth Visitor Information Centre – Ford Street. The winner will be announced at 12.30pm from the Balcony of the Beechworth Bakery.
ALL WEEKEND
Beechworth Ghost Tours
Guided tour of the former Mayday Hills Hospital, now the home to La Trobe University. Bookings essential. Phone: 0447 432 816
Beechworth Historic & Cultural Precinct
Explore one of Australia’s finest collections of nationally significant Gold Era Buildings. Stand in the dock where Ned Kelly stood trial, send a Telegram, explore Beechworth’s Chinese Cultural heritage at the Chinese Cultural Centre, drop into the fascinating Burke Museum or take one of our fantastic walking tours led by expert guides. Contact the Beechworth Visitor Information Centre opposite the historic Courthouse or phone 133 66 321 or book online at www.beechworthonline.com.au
Self Guided Tours
Beechworth Mayday Hills Hospital – now Lat Robe University
Follow the Pioneers brochure - $1
Cemetery Tour
See the friendly Beechworth Visitor Information staff for advice and brochures.
FESTIVAL SERVICES
Festival Head Quarters: (Sat only): Sub Treasury Building, historic & Cultural Precinct, Ford Street
St. John Ambulance: (Sat only) located in the Historic and Cultural Precinct
Combined Churches – Baby Care and & Feed Room: 10am -4pm (Sat only) located in the Salvation Army Hall top end of Ford Street
Saturday 21 March 2009
Local Beers Among Worlds Best
Bridge Road Brewers, have once again backed up their claim as having “some of the best ales in country”, in fact they could well claim some of the best in the world, with big success at this years Melbourne International Beer Awards.
The small Beechworth based brewery picked up 10 medals this year with awards spread throughout their broad range of beers. This small regional on operation has had strong and consistent success over their short brewing history. Established in 2005, Bridge road Brewers have expanded considerably with national distribution and a big range of more than 10 beers. The tally includes 3 silver medals and 7 bronze.
Brewer and owner Ben Kraus is happy with the beers recognition at this years competition. “Our consistent success at the Beer Awards across such a broad range of our beers shows us that we are doing our job well”. “This event is becoming more and more competitive with both domestic and international brewers upping their quality every year”. “The USA, considered the world leader of craft brewing, was well represented at this years competition, but the Aussie contingent managed to standup and keep a lot of the awards at home”,
The highly recognized competition is the second largest in the world and attracts a huge of array of local and international breweries.
Bridge Roads latest brew, the Chestnut Lager, entered for the first time at the awards also received a medal.
Bridge Road is already working on a beer which is sure to do well in next years competition. Their unique fresh hop harvest beer is currently brewing and will be released in the coming months.
For further details please contact:
Ben Kraus
ph. 03 57 282 703 or e. info@bridgeroadbrewers.com.au
The small Beechworth based brewery picked up 10 medals this year with awards spread throughout their broad range of beers. This small regional on operation has had strong and consistent success over their short brewing history. Established in 2005, Bridge road Brewers have expanded considerably with national distribution and a big range of more than 10 beers. The tally includes 3 silver medals and 7 bronze.
Brewer and owner Ben Kraus is happy with the beers recognition at this years competition. “Our consistent success at the Beer Awards across such a broad range of our beers shows us that we are doing our job well”. “This event is becoming more and more competitive with both domestic and international brewers upping their quality every year”. “The USA, considered the world leader of craft brewing, was well represented at this years competition, but the Aussie contingent managed to standup and keep a lot of the awards at home”,
The highly recognized competition is the second largest in the world and attracts a huge of array of local and international breweries.
Bridge Roads latest brew, the Chestnut Lager, entered for the first time at the awards also received a medal.
Bridge Road is already working on a beer which is sure to do well in next years competition. Their unique fresh hop harvest beer is currently brewing and will be released in the coming months.
For further details please contact:
Ben Kraus
ph. 03 57 282 703 or e. info@bridgeroadbrewers.com.au
Beechworth gets set to saddle up for 2009 Golden Horseshoes Festival
Preparations are in full swing in Beechworth as the town gets set for its biggest annual celebration, the Golden Horseshoes Festival, opening three weeks today on Good
Friday 10 April and continuing across the Easter weekend.
The 2009 program will see the return of old favourites including the fabulous Grand Parade which will see dozens of f loats vie for the Beechworth Bakery Perpetual Trophy as well as new events including displays, a Monster Raff le, free live performances and spectacular roving entertainment.
The Treasure Hunt for the $2000 Golden Egg from Beechworth Gold also returns this year. Once again, fortune hunters will have the chance to claim the amazing egg encased in $2000 of gold when they search for clues on a special treasure map of the streets of Beechworth. The winner will be the first correct entry drawn at 12:30pm on Easter Sunday. One of the most popular events of the weekend, 2008 saw thousands of visitors join in the fun, w ith a delighted local family the lucky w inners
of the grand prize.
The Food Court in Camp Street also returns with live entertainment including the Australia Fair Grand Concert Street Organ, a travelling concert-organ in the great European style, which produces an amazing sound the equivalent of a 20 piece band.
Museum Victoria’s Discovery Program will be setting up a display of dinosaur bones and fossils, the Old Cranks Car Club w ill show some classic beauties and the Friends of the Burke Museum w ill lead a Mystery Tour of Beechworth’s secret and forgotten nooks and crannies. History buffs will also enjoy the fascinating new documentary about the Buckland Valley Goldfield, From the Ashes on the big
screen on Saturday night.
Rotary’s huge Easter Craft Market in the Queen Victoria Gardens and the Beechworth Neighborhood Centre’s Paddy’s Market will again offer bargain hunters the chance to pick up some treasure from the stalls crammed with furniture, collectibles and bric-a-brac.
Run for the second year by a local community committee, the Golden Horseshoes Festival annually attracts thousands of visitors to the town. Committee President Kathryn Osmond said while sponsorship support from local businesses had been fantastic this year, organisers were still keen to hear from anyone interested in volunteering their time during Easter to help with Parade marshalling, public
information assistance, setting up and manning displays.
She urged local groups and individuals to get into the spirit of this great annual event and dress up, join in the treasure hunt, enter a float, buy a raffle ticket or just pull up a chair in the food court and soak up the unique ambience of Easter in Beechworth.
Friday 10 April and continuing across the Easter weekend.
The 2009 program will see the return of old favourites including the fabulous Grand Parade which will see dozens of f loats vie for the Beechworth Bakery Perpetual Trophy as well as new events including displays, a Monster Raff le, free live performances and spectacular roving entertainment.
The Treasure Hunt for the $2000 Golden Egg from Beechworth Gold also returns this year. Once again, fortune hunters will have the chance to claim the amazing egg encased in $2000 of gold when they search for clues on a special treasure map of the streets of Beechworth. The winner will be the first correct entry drawn at 12:30pm on Easter Sunday. One of the most popular events of the weekend, 2008 saw thousands of visitors join in the fun, w ith a delighted local family the lucky w inners
of the grand prize.
The Food Court in Camp Street also returns with live entertainment including the Australia Fair Grand Concert Street Organ, a travelling concert-organ in the great European style, which produces an amazing sound the equivalent of a 20 piece band.
Museum Victoria’s Discovery Program will be setting up a display of dinosaur bones and fossils, the Old Cranks Car Club w ill show some classic beauties and the Friends of the Burke Museum w ill lead a Mystery Tour of Beechworth’s secret and forgotten nooks and crannies. History buffs will also enjoy the fascinating new documentary about the Buckland Valley Goldfield, From the Ashes on the big
screen on Saturday night.
Rotary’s huge Easter Craft Market in the Queen Victoria Gardens and the Beechworth Neighborhood Centre’s Paddy’s Market will again offer bargain hunters the chance to pick up some treasure from the stalls crammed with furniture, collectibles and bric-a-brac.
Run for the second year by a local community committee, the Golden Horseshoes Festival annually attracts thousands of visitors to the town. Committee President Kathryn Osmond said while sponsorship support from local businesses had been fantastic this year, organisers were still keen to hear from anyone interested in volunteering their time during Easter to help with Parade marshalling, public
information assistance, setting up and manning displays.
She urged local groups and individuals to get into the spirit of this great annual event and dress up, join in the treasure hunt, enter a float, buy a raffle ticket or just pull up a chair in the food court and soak up the unique ambience of Easter in Beechworth.
Wednesday 18 March 2009
THE BUCKLAND VALLEY GOLDFIELD “From the Ashes ”
Written & Presented by Andrew Swift, Filmed by Sean King
The Buckland Valley was one of the most eventful mountain goldfields in Australia. Within a few short years it witnessed a rush of over 6,000 diggers, a high death toll with the outbreak of typhoid, and the infamous anti- Chinese race riots of 1857.
Filmed after the 2006 bushfires, this documentary recalls these major events as well as examining many of the varied historic mining sites of this valley. Visiting large-scale hydraulic sluicing pits, Chinese hut sites and floating into old quartz reef tunnels, were the footprints of the last miners are found. An ancient Chinese mining apparatus is also rediscovered in a working reconstruction.
This film is a rough, ready and adventurous tour of rediscovery set in a remarkable corner of North Eastern Victoria.
MEMORIAL HALL, Ford Street Beechworth
7.30pm SATURDAY 11th April 2009
$5 entry, NO BOOKINGS REQUIRED
Be early so as not miss a seat!
Duration approximately 90 minutes for general viewing
THE BUCKLAND VALLEY
GOLDFIELD
“From the Ashes ”
w w w . h e r i t a g e r a t . c o m . a u f o r p r e v i e w
The Buckland Valley was one of the most eventful mountain goldfields in Australia. Within a few short years it witnessed a rush of over 6,000 diggers, a high death toll with the outbreak of typhoid, and the infamous anti- Chinese race riots of 1857.
Filmed after the 2006 bushfires, this documentary recalls these major events as well as examining many of the varied historic mining sites of this valley. Visiting large-scale hydraulic sluicing pits, Chinese hut sites and floating into old quartz reef tunnels, were the footprints of the last miners are found. An ancient Chinese mining apparatus is also rediscovered in a working reconstruction.
This film is a rough, ready and adventurous tour of rediscovery set in a remarkable corner of North Eastern Victoria.
MEMORIAL HALL, Ford Street Beechworth
7.30pm SATURDAY 11th April 2009
$5 entry, NO BOOKINGS REQUIRED
Be early so as not miss a seat!
Duration approximately 90 minutes for general viewing
THE BUCKLAND VALLEY
GOLDFIELD
“From the Ashes ”
w w w . h e r i t a g e r a t . c o m . a u f o r p r e v i e w
Saturday 7 March 2009
New group takes reins of Beechworth’s famous Ned Kelly Weekend Friday 7 – Sunday 9 August 2009
The new Beechworth Historical Re-enactment Group (BHRG) will offer a fresh take on an Australian legend when it takes the reins of the 2009 Ned Kelly Weekend, this year being held from Friday 7 to Sunday 9 August.
Now in its sixth year and widely regarded as this country’s most important annual celebration of the Kelly legend, the weekend event commemorates the anniversary of the outlaw’s committal hearing held in the historic Beechworth Courthouse from 6 to 11 August 1880.
The Beechworth Historical Re-enactment Group is an enthusiastic troupe which already has this year’s Ned Kelly Weekend program well in hand. It will unveil the full 2009 program at an official launch in Beechworth on Thursday 7 May.
BHRG founding president, Adam Wynne-Jenkins, says visitors to Beechworth can once again expect a lively program of re-enactments, art, music, displays, market stalls, competitions and talks by leading authorities on the subject of the life and times of Australia’s most notorious bushranger.
Established last year and with a membership of 30 and growing fast, the BRG is a committed living history group which recreates the Beechworth of the period 1852 to 1885, with a special focus on the events surrounding Ned Kelly’s links to the town.
Wearing the authentic dress of the day, the BHRG is often seen on the streets of Beechworth and other regional centres taking part in street parades, displays and other commemorative activities including the recent re-enactment of the Kelly Gang robbery of the bank in Euroa in December 1878.
Now in its sixth year and widely regarded as this country’s most important annual celebration of the Kelly legend, the weekend event commemorates the anniversary of the outlaw’s committal hearing held in the historic Beechworth Courthouse from 6 to 11 August 1880.
The Beechworth Historical Re-enactment Group is an enthusiastic troupe which already has this year’s Ned Kelly Weekend program well in hand. It will unveil the full 2009 program at an official launch in Beechworth on Thursday 7 May.
BHRG founding president, Adam Wynne-Jenkins, says visitors to Beechworth can once again expect a lively program of re-enactments, art, music, displays, market stalls, competitions and talks by leading authorities on the subject of the life and times of Australia’s most notorious bushranger.
Established last year and with a membership of 30 and growing fast, the BRG is a committed living history group which recreates the Beechworth of the period 1852 to 1885, with a special focus on the events surrounding Ned Kelly’s links to the town.
Wearing the authentic dress of the day, the BHRG is often seen on the streets of Beechworth and other regional centres taking part in street parades, displays and other commemorative activities including the recent re-enactment of the Kelly Gang robbery of the bank in Euroa in December 1878.
Fresh Beechworth temptations for lovers of the good life
Beechworth’s reputation as a gourmet travel destination has been further enhanced with the recent arrival of Michael Ryan’s restaurant and luxury suites, Provenance as well as Natasha Davis’ fromagerie, Larder.
The new businesses join some impressive local company including the renowned Warden’s of Beechworth, Gigi’s, The Ox & Hound, Bouchon at Botanicals, The Green Shed and The Stanley in the picturesque hilltop village of Stanley a few kilometres out of town.
Add to that list the award-winning boutique brewery, Bridge Road Brewers whose owner Ben Kraus has announced several new on-tap venues for a number of his delicious beers in Melbourne - at Bar Etiquette in Brunswick, Mrs Parmas in Little Bourke St, the Cherry Tree in Richmond and the Local Taphouse in St Kilda. In Beechworth, visitors to Bridge Road can sample Ben’s excellent range of ales and tuck into the Brewers’ home-made pretzels and sensational gourmet pizzas.
A lifelong passion for great food has led newcomer Natasha Davis to Beechworth where she opened Larder late last year. Her mission is to offer the best international and regional speciality cheeses in impeccable condition and reflecting seasonal influences. Visitors can taste the cheese spectrum at Larder, from French Roquefort, Rouzaire Brie aux truffles, La Mancha Manchego, Piano Hill Ironstone and sweet hand stretched, buffalo Mozzarella from Shaw River. Natasha also offers provisioning for impromptu picnics or special occasions, offering complimentary hire of lovely wicker baskets packed with mouth-watering terrines, pates, locally smoked trout and small goods as well as Lescure French butter to slather on yummy Laurent Bakery baguettes..
Michael Ryan,the mastermind behind The Age 2008 Country Restaurant of the Year, the two chef hat Range restaurant in Myrtleford, has opened Provenance in the 1856 Bank of Australasia, one of Beechworth’s finest historic gold era buildings adjacent to the Historic and Cultural Precinct in Ford Street. With six metre ceilings and towering arched windows, the bank’s original granite vault now houses the wine cellar. Accommodation at Provenance comprises four newly refurbished luxury suites in what was once the old stables and carriage house.
The new businesses join some impressive local company including the renowned Warden’s of Beechworth, Gigi’s, The Ox & Hound, Bouchon at Botanicals, The Green Shed and The Stanley in the picturesque hilltop village of Stanley a few kilometres out of town.
Add to that list the award-winning boutique brewery, Bridge Road Brewers whose owner Ben Kraus has announced several new on-tap venues for a number of his delicious beers in Melbourne - at Bar Etiquette in Brunswick, Mrs Parmas in Little Bourke St, the Cherry Tree in Richmond and the Local Taphouse in St Kilda. In Beechworth, visitors to Bridge Road can sample Ben’s excellent range of ales and tuck into the Brewers’ home-made pretzels and sensational gourmet pizzas.
A lifelong passion for great food has led newcomer Natasha Davis to Beechworth where she opened Larder late last year. Her mission is to offer the best international and regional speciality cheeses in impeccable condition and reflecting seasonal influences. Visitors can taste the cheese spectrum at Larder, from French Roquefort, Rouzaire Brie aux truffles, La Mancha Manchego, Piano Hill Ironstone and sweet hand stretched, buffalo Mozzarella from Shaw River. Natasha also offers provisioning for impromptu picnics or special occasions, offering complimentary hire of lovely wicker baskets packed with mouth-watering terrines, pates, locally smoked trout and small goods as well as Lescure French butter to slather on yummy Laurent Bakery baguettes..
Michael Ryan,the mastermind behind The Age 2008 Country Restaurant of the Year, the two chef hat Range restaurant in Myrtleford, has opened Provenance in the 1856 Bank of Australasia, one of Beechworth’s finest historic gold era buildings adjacent to the Historic and Cultural Precinct in Ford Street. With six metre ceilings and towering arched windows, the bank’s original granite vault now houses the wine cellar. Accommodation at Provenance comprises four newly refurbished luxury suites in what was once the old stables and carriage house.
Friday 6 March 2009
The Big Bushfire Benefit at Beechworth
FREE FAMILY EVENT
Saturday 14 March
La Trobe at Beechworth
The Big Bushfire Benefit at Beechworth
Albury’s MEGAS Music Store has joined forces with La Trobe at Beechworth to present a free familyday next Saturday 14 March to benefit victims of the recent Victorian bushfires.
Australian Idol finalist, Ricky Muscat, Peter Denahy, a seven- time Country Music
Awards nominee, Kelly Hope, a local and international singer/songwriter and Australian Idol finalist, singer/song writer, Kane Harrison along with local support acts, have donated theirtime to the cause, appearing on stage at the May Day Hills Oval at La Trobe from 4:30pm to 9:15pm.
Albury boy and successful stage and screen actor, Malcolm Kennard (Packed to the
Rafters, E Street) is also donating his time, of fering free storytelling workshops
(Community narrative) at La Trobe’s Bijou theatre, from 11am to 3pm. The w orkshops
will aim to help people express their feelings and responses to the f ires through the medium of storytelling. (NB, places w ill be limited to 20 guests, booking essential on 03 5720 8050.)
And from 9:30pm, the classic Australian movie, The Castle, will be shown on the big
screen.
All proceeds from the day, including a sausage sizzle, jumping castle and other fun activities for children and families, will be dontated to the Red Cross Victorian Bushfire Appeal.Gates open at La Trobe at 3pm. The Big Bushfire Benefit at Beechworth is strictly an alcohol-free event.
Richard Perso Live at The Stanley Pub Friday, 6th March 2009
Richard Perso
Live at The Stanley Pub
Friday, 6th March 2009
from 7.00pm-11.00pm
Richards range includes blues and roots, folk, country and rock with instrumentals thrown in for good measure - 11-string and 6-string acoustic guitar, WoodSkin, Stompbox, Yirdaki (Didgeridoo), Harmonica, Vocals.
Skip Landy in his promotion for Devonshire Blues "Richard Perso is an exceptional guitarist from Yackandandah & will be showing why he is a name who is surely going to become well known. Jeff Lang and John Butler should be looking over their shoulders now because the next generation is here"
For further information, contact Annemarie
Ph: 03 5728 6502
Live at The Stanley Pub
Friday, 6th March 2009
from 7.00pm-11.00pm
Richards range includes blues and roots, folk, country and rock with instrumentals thrown in for good measure - 11-string and 6-string acoustic guitar, WoodSkin, Stompbox, Yirdaki (Didgeridoo), Harmonica, Vocals.
Skip Landy in his promotion for Devonshire Blues "Richard Perso is an exceptional guitarist from Yackandandah & will be showing why he is a name who is surely going to become well known. Jeff Lang and John Butler should be looking over their shoulders now because the next generation is here"
For further information, contact Annemarie
Ph: 03 5728 6502
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