The “Postmasters Office”
All –Australian Music Show
Original, Traditional & Modern Contemporary styles
With Special Guest Performer
Pat Drummond also featuring Singer/Song writers Neil Higgins & Tracy Hamilton
Friday 25th April 2008
Time: 8pm
GLE Social Club rooms (Fromalley know as the ‘Buffs Lodge’)
53 Ford Street, Beechworth
Ticket Entry Free: Adults $12.00, Concession $10.00
Tickets available at the Beechworth Visitor Information Centre
For Further Information Contact 0427 176 742
www.neilhiggins.com.au
Sunday, 20 April 2008
How many faces can you see?
Copyright John Osmond 2008
John & Kathryn Osmond also went on the Beechworth Ghost Tour with Adam Jenkins. Interestingly John's camera worked in the cell and captured this image.
This is a reflection of a window on the wall. The window is not at ground level.
Can you see anything? I can just make out one face. How many faces can you see?
Beechworth Ghost Tour
Staff and volunteers from the Beechworth Visitor Information Centre enjoyed the Beechworth Ghost Tour with tour guide Adam Jenkins last week. Of course we picked the best night of the week, with strong wind and rain adding to the atmosphere.
Adam took us around the former Mayday Hills Lunatic Asylum in the grounds of La Trobe University. We learned about what it was like living in the institution in the 1860s and went inside some buildings that have been closed for 60 years.
For those who know me best, I am a keen photographer. I had my Nikon D80 ready to photograph a ghost on the tour. Unfortunately I that didn't happen and the best i could do was to capture the reflection of my lantern light in the window.
Interestingly there was one particular cell with an interesting past. I tried to take a photo in the cell and my camera froze, it just would not work. Adam mentioned that this wasn't the first time a camera wouldn't work in the cell.
The tour was fantastic. For further information on Beechworth Ghost Tours go to
http://www.beechworthonline.com.au/accom_result1/beechworth_ghost_tours/
Saturday, 19 April 2008
Lambing time at Nullegai Homestead
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We recieved an email from Bernie at Nullegai Homestead B&B, Beechworth. The lamb is so cute! Thanks for the photo Bernie!
Hi Penny, Anne & Kerry
This family stayed with us for a week after Easter. They really liked the farm. The lamb is a day old.
regards
Karen & Bernie
Bollywood comes to Beechworth
The Beechworth Visitor Information Centre team and partners enjoyed the Indian themed dinner last Thursday night at Sambells Bar and Bistro, La Trobe at Beechworth. Someone suggested we should dress in sari’s (not mentioning any names - James) Thanks to Google, You Tube and James Tool (volunteer) we discovered the art of wearing an Indian Sari. It was a fun evening enjoyed by all. Next stop Bollywood….
Thursday, 28 February 2008
Free Public Open Day this Sunday
Visitors to Beechworth and locals re-acquainting themselves with the delights of their home town can explore free of charge the Historic & Cultural Precinct this Sunday 2 March between 10am and 2pm.
The Precinct Open Day is the first of a number of activities being planned by Indigo Shire Council during 2008 to mark the 150th anniversary of the nationally significant collection of gold era buildings known as the Historic & Cultural Precinct.
Open Day activities include the recreation of a police camp in the Police Paddocks and marching drills by the Mansfield Re-enactment Group, Precinct guides in period costume, souvenir stalls and more.
The Heritage Victoria, National Estate and National Trust-listed buildings include the Courthouse where Ned Kelly and his mother Ellen famously appeared, the Telegraph Station which still operates as a centre for Telegram transmission, the Gold Warden’s Office, Chinese Cultural Centre, Powder Magazine and Burke Museum where the fascinating Cabinet of Wonders: Treasure from the Beechworth Community exhibition is currently on show.
Several of the buildings were completed in 1858. Built of local honey-coloured granite, they replaced the weatherboard structures that sprang up soon after gold was discovered in 1852. By then more than 8000 miners were camped on Beechworth’s Spring and Reid’s Creek goldfields alone, and as the population grew, so to did the need for improved services such as law and order, communications, town planning, education, goldfields management and local government.
Beechworth Historic & Cultural Precinct FREE PUBLIC OPEN DAY, Sunday 2 March, 10am – 2pm.
For more information or to book a Ned Kelly or Gold Walking Tour, contact the Beechworth Visitor Information Centre, phone 1300 366 321 or visit www.beechworthonline.com.au
The Precinct Open Day is the first of a number of activities being planned by Indigo Shire Council during 2008 to mark the 150th anniversary of the nationally significant collection of gold era buildings known as the Historic & Cultural Precinct.
Open Day activities include the recreation of a police camp in the Police Paddocks and marching drills by the Mansfield Re-enactment Group, Precinct guides in period costume, souvenir stalls and more.
The Heritage Victoria, National Estate and National Trust-listed buildings include the Courthouse where Ned Kelly and his mother Ellen famously appeared, the Telegraph Station which still operates as a centre for Telegram transmission, the Gold Warden’s Office, Chinese Cultural Centre, Powder Magazine and Burke Museum where the fascinating Cabinet of Wonders: Treasure from the Beechworth Community exhibition is currently on show.
Several of the buildings were completed in 1858. Built of local honey-coloured granite, they replaced the weatherboard structures that sprang up soon after gold was discovered in 1852. By then more than 8000 miners were camped on Beechworth’s Spring and Reid’s Creek goldfields alone, and as the population grew, so to did the need for improved services such as law and order, communications, town planning, education, goldfields management and local government.
Beechworth Historic & Cultural Precinct FREE PUBLIC OPEN DAY, Sunday 2 March, 10am – 2pm.
For more information or to book a Ned Kelly or Gold Walking Tour, contact the Beechworth Visitor Information Centre, phone 1300 366 321 or visit www.beechworthonline.com.au
HISTORY, MUSIC & FUN! Easter - Friday 21 to Sunday 23 March 2008
Australian Youth Band set
to bring some pizzazz to 2008 Golden Horseshoes Festival
One of the most exciting musical outfits in the country, the Australian Youth Band, is set to bring some old style razzle-dazzle to the Beechworth Golden Horseshoes Festival this Easter.
This talented bunch of more than 40 young musicians is a fully equipped American-style marching band whose energy and flair have earned them an international reputation and a packed performance schedule.
The band has been invited to form the Victorian contingent of musicians for the Beijing 2008 Olympic Orchestra - a 2008-piece ensemble performing at Olympic venues in and around Beijing throughout the Games this August, as well as in Shanghai and Tianjin. More than 20 members of the AYB will be taking part.
The AYB will be a highlight of this year’s Grand Parade through the streets of picturesque Beechworth in north-east Victoria on Easter Saturday and a perfect fit for his year’s Festival theme of History, Music & Fun!
The ensemble has a vast repertoire ranging from upbeat marching numbers to show tunes and contemporary sounds to symphonic works, performing regularly at festivals and major community and sporting events around Australia and overseas including the Beijing International Youth Festival, World Marching Band Festival – Japan, AFL, NBL and NSL finals, MCG Olympic Torch Ceremony and ANZAC Day March in Melbourne.
The Victoria Police Pipe Band and the combined Albury Pipes & Drums and The Scots School Albury Pipe Band will add further colour to the spectacular annual Golden Horseshoes Grand Parade which this year will feature guest commentators, comedian John Walker and entertainer, Mark ‘Lazy Harry’ Stephens.
A host of other bands and musicians will also appear in the Grand Parade as well as the outdoor stage on Camp Street throughout the weekend, including the sensational Melbourne-based Inka Marka playing their irresistible South American rhythms.
A highlight of the Easter weekend in Beechworth, the Golden Horseshoes Grand Parade will be an unmissable event as dozens of outlandish, colourful, historic and funny floats vie for the inaugural Beechworth Bakery Perpetual Trophy for Best Float.
FOR ACCOMMODATION BOOKINGS AND FULL PROGRAM DETAILS OF THIS YEAR’S GOLDEN HORSESHOES FESTIVAL GO TO WWW.BEECHWORTHONLINE.COM.AU
to bring some pizzazz to 2008 Golden Horseshoes Festival
One of the most exciting musical outfits in the country, the Australian Youth Band, is set to bring some old style razzle-dazzle to the Beechworth Golden Horseshoes Festival this Easter.
This talented bunch of more than 40 young musicians is a fully equipped American-style marching band whose energy and flair have earned them an international reputation and a packed performance schedule.
The band has been invited to form the Victorian contingent of musicians for the Beijing 2008 Olympic Orchestra - a 2008-piece ensemble performing at Olympic venues in and around Beijing throughout the Games this August, as well as in Shanghai and Tianjin. More than 20 members of the AYB will be taking part.
The AYB will be a highlight of this year’s Grand Parade through the streets of picturesque Beechworth in north-east Victoria on Easter Saturday and a perfect fit for his year’s Festival theme of History, Music & Fun!
The ensemble has a vast repertoire ranging from upbeat marching numbers to show tunes and contemporary sounds to symphonic works, performing regularly at festivals and major community and sporting events around Australia and overseas including the Beijing International Youth Festival, World Marching Band Festival – Japan, AFL, NBL and NSL finals, MCG Olympic Torch Ceremony and ANZAC Day March in Melbourne.
The Victoria Police Pipe Band and the combined Albury Pipes & Drums and The Scots School Albury Pipe Band will add further colour to the spectacular annual Golden Horseshoes Grand Parade which this year will feature guest commentators, comedian John Walker and entertainer, Mark ‘Lazy Harry’ Stephens.
A host of other bands and musicians will also appear in the Grand Parade as well as the outdoor stage on Camp Street throughout the weekend, including the sensational Melbourne-based Inka Marka playing their irresistible South American rhythms.
A highlight of the Easter weekend in Beechworth, the Golden Horseshoes Grand Parade will be an unmissable event as dozens of outlandish, colourful, historic and funny floats vie for the inaugural Beechworth Bakery Perpetual Trophy for Best Float.
FOR ACCOMMODATION BOOKINGS AND FULL PROGRAM DETAILS OF THIS YEAR’S GOLDEN HORSESHOES FESTIVAL GO TO WWW.BEECHWORTHONLINE.COM.AU
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