Latest Events in Cygnet(August Updated)

Looking to add some excitement to their fitness routine, parents can now join Afro-Dance Fitness Classes for Parents in London. Held at The Nest Community Building, the high-energy Afro beats and full-body workout will help participants dance away stress and achieve a healthier and happier lifestyle. The classes will commence on Saturday, February 3rd, 2024, running for 8 sessions from 9.30 AM to 10.30 AM. Led by the experienced facilitator Sippsopps, known for their dedication to individual health and wellbeing, the vision is to promote physical, social, and mental wellness through Dance Fitness Fun. Don't miss this opportunity to engage in a fun and effective fitness program. Mark your calendars for this free event on May 11, 2024.

Experience a night of enchantment and elegance at The Goblin Queen's Winter Ball, where the worlds of the Labyrinth and a Venetian Vampires Ball collide on August 3, 2024, at Shellharbour Civic Centre. Prepare for a magical evening filled with lavish costuming, mesmerizing performances, captivating music, and wickedly good fun. Embrace the fantasy by adorning yourself in opulent ballgowns, elaborate finery, stunning wigs, exquisite hats, and mysterious masks. Indulge in a three-course buffet meal, exceptional entertainment, and a mini dance party at this extraordinary event. Tickets are sold per table, accommodating up to eight guests, with the option to cater to a maximum of ten if needed. Secure your spot when tickets go on sale on April 1, 2024 - a night not to be missed at The Goblin Queen's Winter Ball in Shellharbour City Centre.

Create a beautiful Crystal Wall Hanging and place it in a prominent position in your home to create a lovely balanced energy. Meet Gillian, from her business 'The G Shop – Candles and More by Gillian'. Gillian loves to create things using gemstones, from various styles of gemstone trees, dream catchers, wind chimes, pendants, and bracelets. She has been running workshops for over 2 years and loves to bring the joy of creating gemstone ornaments and jewelry to others. In this workshop, you will create a unique gift for someone special or a beautiful addition to your home or office! You will get all the help you need to make a spectacular and unique wall hanging. All materials will be provided in this workshop, as well as light refreshments. Take home your unique masterpiece created in this workshop! This class is suitable for beginners over the age of 15 years. This intimate class will be a lot of fun so bring your friends or family! Ticket cost: $85 Tickets are non-refundable. Make sure to check out Gillians social's: Candles, Gifts & More Free parking at the Civic Centre (access from Cygnet Ave). Have a question? Email us at CivicCentre.Booking@shellharbour.nsw.gov.au Information Source: Shellharbour Civic Centre | eventbrite

How can we engage our hearing to connect more deeply to nature around us? Acoustic ecologist, Andrew Skeoch, will guide you into hearing the languages of nature; developing your auditory awareness, identifying species by ear, recognising behaviours and repertoire, and finding empathy with the voices of other beings. Deeper listening allows us to hear the integrity of entire ecosystems, and reveal what the communications of the biosphere tell us about how nature functions to achieve sustainability. Andrew’s presentations are an immersive weaving of evocative recordings, fascinating spectrogram analysis and original ideas. You’ll hear the natural environment around you in a whole new way. Andrew Skeoch is a professional wildlife sound recordist and author of ‘Deep Listening to Nature’. Over the last thirty years, he has documenting the sounds of environments around the planet, and through his label 'Listening Earth', published over one hundred recordings allowing listeners to immerse themselves in wild soundscapes from around the world. His recordings have been heard in documentaries, installations and feature films such as Peter Gabriel's soundtrack to 'Rabbit Proof Fence’. He has given presentations to audiences ranging from local community and naturalist groups to university students, plus radio features, keynote addresses and a TEDx talk. He is the president of the Australian Wildlife Sound Recoding Group, and on the board of the Australian Forum for Acoustic Ecology. Deep Listening to Nature is an invitation to open our ears to the natural world. Beginning by tuning in to the sound of creatures around us, Andrew discusses how to identify species by call, interpret their communications and find empathy for their sentience. Part reflection, part nature and travel diary, Andrew asks the question: What does listening reveal about how the living systems of nature function, and why do birds in particular negotiate their interactions in such lyrical and extraordinary ways? He concludes by suggesting we not only listen to learn about nature, but learn from nature. He asks how, in our current environmental crisis, we may mimic what the biosphere has achieved in sustaining life as we move toward an ecological future and in doing so, form a deeper and more personal connection to Country. Andrew encourages us to be still and listen. Take our time. Extend our senses. Let nature get to know us, and in its own way, to welcome us. The book is accompanied by a soundtrack with over 270 vibrant nature recordings which bring the text to life. Information Source: Shellharbour City Libraries | eventbrite

Meet Bestselling Author, Peter FitzSimons at Shellharbour City Library! Meet Bestselling Author, Peter FitzSimons at Shellharbour City Library for an evening of conversation on his latest work The Legend of Albert Jacka! City Library, Tuesday November 19th at 6:30pm. Peter FitzSimons AM is Australia's bestselling non-fiction writer, and for the past 35 years has also been a journalist and columnist with the SYDNEY MORNING HERALD and the SUN-HERALD. He is the author of a number of highly successful books, including BREAKER MORANT, BURKE AND WILLS, MONASH'S MASTERPIECE, KOKODA, NED KELLY and GALLIPOLI, as well as biographies of such notable Australians as Sir Douglas Mawson, Nancy Wake and Nick Farr-Jones. His passion is to tell Australian stories, our own stories: of great men and women, of stirring events in our history. Join us to hear from Peter Fitzsimons himself on his newest work The Legend of Albert Jacka. Our heroes can come from the most ordinary of places. As a shy young lad growing up in country Victoria, no one in the district had any idea the man Albert Jacka would become. Albert 'Bert' Jacka was 21 when Britain declared war on Germany in August 1914. A month and a half later, Bert enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force (AIF) and the young private was assigned to 14 Battalion D company. By the time they shipped out to Egypt he'd been made a Lance-Corporal. On 26 April 1915, 14 Battalion landed at Gallipoli under the command of Brigadier-General Monash's 4th Infantry Brigade. And it was here, in the early hours of 20 May, that Lance-Corporal Albert Jacka proved he was 'the bravest of the brave'. The Turks were gaining ground with a full-scale frontal attack. As his comrades lay dead or dying around him, Jacka single-handedly held off the enemy onslaught. The Turks retreated. Word spread of Jacka's lone efforts to recapture the trench and his extraordinary efforts saw him awarded the Victoria Cross, the first for a soldier in World War I. He was a national hero, but Jacka's wartime exploits had only just begun. Moving on to France he battled the Germans at Pozieres, earning a Military Cross for what historian Charles Bean called 'the most dramatic and effective act of individual audacity in the history of the AIF'. Then at Bullecourt, his efforts would again turn the tide against the enemy. There would be more accolades before a sniper's bullet and then gassing at Villers-Bretonneux would send Bert home. THE LEGEND OF ALBERT JACKA is an unforgettable story of the bravery and sacrifice of one extraordinary soldier that takes us from the shores of Gallipoli to the battlefields of France, all brought to vivid life by Australia's greatest storyteller, Peter FitzSimons. Books available to purchase at the event, thanks to QBD Books Shellharbour. Information Source: Shellharbour City Libraries | eventbrite

In December, we are excited to announce local surfer, shark attack survivor and storyteller Brett Connellan will be presenting How to Survive a Shark Attack! As the light was fading at Bombo Beach on the evening of the 30th of March, 2016, Brett was inches from death. He had lost three-quarters of his left quad, and emergency responders on the scene were sure Brett would not make it. Fortunately, the cards fell in Brett’s favour, and he managed to pull through with the help of a brave friend, timely emergency support and a healthy serving of luck. The events that saved Brett’s life were not lost on him, and that perspective was needed as he faced a long and challenging road to recovery. With a bleak outlook prescribed to him by doctors, it was evident that Brett’s life as he knew it would never be the same. These moments in time are pivotal in any person’s life as they often lead to a questioning of purpose and identity. However, what Brett did not know at this time was that the following months were even more life-changing than just the injury itself. The recovery forced Brett to craft an undeniable mindset towards resilience, which helped him defy the odds to be able to walk again and eventually get back in the water and do what he loves most, surfing. Although this may sound like the perfect end to Brett’s story, it was only the beginning. Brett soon realised that the lessons he learned through his recovery could be applied to all areas of his life. This has pushed him to be the best version of himself, both personally and professionally. This new version of Brett, fuelled by purpose, drives him to use his unique and powerful story to help others make the most out of their journeys. Who Should Attend: This program is targeted at adults, however older teens are welcome to join. Information Source: Shellharbour City Libraries | eventbrite

Come in to learn how to play the yidaki (Digeridoo). Brendan from Yindyamarra Cultural Experience will be coming in to teach you how to play and the cultural meaning behind the instrument. What you need to bring No need to bring anything unless you have your own Yidaki Who can come? Any aged males Follow @‌yindymarraculturalexperience on Instagram Information Source: Shellharbour City Libraries | eventbrite

Paint our Pup! This session will have a special appearance by Ollie the friendly therapy dog. We'll teach you painting tips and tricks. Then meet our wonderful Therapy Dog, Ollie, and show him your masterpiece! Details Ollie the companion dog will be accompanied by her dog supervisor and mum Judi. The assigned supervisor is attending to ensure we can provide a professional and safe pet therapy service. Those who do not wish to say hello will remain undisturbed. Who should attend? This program is for ages 8-17. Children will be required to have parental supervision. What should I know? This activity costs $10. Please wear paint friendly clothing. Information Source: Shellharbour City Libraries | eventbrite

Art After Hours is back! Join our fabulous instructor, artist Louise Humphries, for a creative and informative session on sketching and still life. What you'll do: This program is focused on Still Life; the history, mediums and scenes that can be created. Each session you’ll work with a different medium and follow the facilitator through some drawing exercises before moving into creating your final piece using the arrangement on display. In our first session we’ll be working with pencil. Knowledge required None, perfect for beginners. Who should attend? This program is most suited to ages 16+. This program has a limited number of spots available. If you are unable to attend, please cancel your ticket so that others may participate. To cancel your ticket, please follow the instructions provided under cancelling ticket help or call the library at 4221 6222. Information Source: Shellharbour City Libraries | eventbrite

First, Andy will tell you all about how he came to create the Action Dude books - then he will help the whole group draw exciting scenes which he will weave together to create a thrilling comic book adventure as long as the room! It's great fun for keen artists and reluctant artists alike ! Minimum age 7 years. Children must be accompanied by an adult, however only the young person will require a ticket. Photographs may be taken at this event and may be used on social media. Please alert staff if you do not wish to be photographed. If you realise you are unable to attend an event after booking, please cancel your ticket to allow others to take your place. To do so find the original booking confirmation email and click the 'View and manage your order online' link. Information Source: Bexley Libraries | eventbrite

Celebrate International Women's Day through creativity, connection, and the beauty of nature with Michelle Springett from Expressive Art Experience as she guides you through a fun workshop where you'll get to learn new skills and create 3D art! You'll create a beautiful pastel floral artwork using structure paste to create art with volume and flare. Then, under expert guidance, unleash your imagination as you paint your canvases first and then trowel on your beautiful florals. All materials will be provided in this workshop. You'll leave with a one-of-a-kind masterpiece and a heart full of inspiration! This class is suitable for beginners and experts, aged 15 and over. This intimate class of 17 will be a lot of fun so bring your friends or family. Bookings are essential. Ticket Cost: $40 Tickets are non-refundable Make sure to check out Michelle Springett's website: ExpressiveArtExperience.com Free parking at the Civic Centre (access from Cygnet Ave). Have a question? Email us at CivicCentre.Booking@shellharbour.nsw.gov.au Information Source: Shellharbour Civic Centre | eventbrite

Meet author Nicole Alexander at Shellharbour City Library for an evening of conversation her newest novel The Limestone Road! City Library, Wednesday March 19th at 6:30pm. From the deserts of Egypt to the rolling hills of South Australia, The Limestone Road is a captivating novel about one soldier's courageous journey 'home'. In the summer of 1944 returning soldiers Canning Christie and his father Michael arrive in South Australia from the desert sands of North Africa. Canning carries the trauma of war and a fractured memory of a terrible event, while charismatic Michael resumes his womanising ways, intent on concealing his own secret wound. Inexplicably drawn to a vineyard on their land, Canning dreams of producing his own wine. And a chance meeting with Grace Huntley, daughter of the local landowner, offers him hope for that future. But dormant memories keep rising up: his childhood with his mother, the years traversing the interior with his father and his time at the front. Soon, viniculture becomes an obsession - one he suspects lies in a hazy recollection of a night in battle. To move forward Canning must reconcile the past, even if that means working with Italian POWs and accepting help from an immigrant German . . . . . . And ultimately taking a stand against his own father, whose increasingly reckless behaviour is threatening to destroy their new life. 'Bears all the hallmarks of a modern Australian classic.' Christine Wells, author of Sisters of the Resistance 'Stirring and authentic. Heartbreaking and uplifting.' Tania Blanchard, author of An Undeniable Voice 'Nicole Alexander's exquisite prose made this book a joy to read.' Lauren Chater, author of The Beauties Nicole Alexander has a Master of letters in Creative Writing and her novels, poetry, travel, writing and genealogy articles have been published in Australia, America, Singapore, New Zealand, Germany, Ukraine and Canada. She is the author of eleven novels: The Bark Cutters, A Changing Land, Absolution Creek, Sunset Ridge, The Great Plains, Wild Lands, River Run, An Uncommon Woman, Stone Country, The Cedar Tree and The Last Station. Nicole lives in north-west NSW. Books available to purchase at the event. Information Source: Shellharbour City Libraries | eventbrite

Shellharbour City Library Join our fabulous instructor, artist Louise Humphries, for a creative and informative session on sketching and still life. What you'll do: This program is focused on Still Life; the history, mediums and scenes that can be created. Each session you’ll work with a different medium and follow the facilitator through some drawing exercises before moving into creating your final piece using the arrangement on display. In this session we’ll be working with coloured pencil. Knowledge required None, perfect for beginners. Who should attend? This program is most suited to ages 16+. This program has a limited number of spots available. If you are unable to attend, please cancel your ticket so that others may participate. To cancel your ticket, please follow the instructions provided under cancelling ticket help or call the library at 4221 6222. Information Source: Shellharbour City Libraries | eventbrite

Meet New York Times Bestselling Author, Natasha Lester at Shellharbour City Library for an evening of conversation her newest novel The Mademoiselle Alliance! City Library, Thursday April 3rd at 6:30pm. How did a young Parisian mother, celebrated for her beauty and glamour, come to lead the largest spy network in France? Morocco, 1928. Eighteen-year-old Frenchwoman Marie-Madeleine is not the kind of woman who goes through life sitting down, and it's a trait that not everyone is a fan of—including her husband. Her unconventionalities – rally car driving, flying planes and dabbling in intelligence work for the government – earn her a reputation, but she knows who she is at heart: an adventurer. Paris, 1936. As Europe teeters on the brink of war, a chance encounter with a mysterious man codenamed Navarre turns Marie-Madeleine’s life upside down. Recruited to help build a resistance network known only as Alliance, she conceals her identity – and gender – as she navigates a perilous double life away from her children and the man she loves. Capture and death are only a heartbeat away for both Marie-Madeleine and the agents under her care. But she rises above expectations at every turn, achieving seemingly impossible feats of espionage that help turn the tide of the war. But the most impossible, and dangerous, of them all? Falling in love. Natasha Lester passionately brings to life the true story of one of history’s unsung heroes: Marie-Madeleine Fourcade, the only woman to lead a resistance network in WWII France. This is a powerful, heartbreaking tale of resilience that reminds us all of what it means to cherish those we love and to fight for them with every breath. Natasha Lester is the international bestselling author of A Kiss from Mr Fitzgerald, Her Mother's Secret, The Paris Seamstress, The French Photographer, The Paris Secret, The Riviera House, The Three Lives of Alix St Pierre and The Disappearance of Astrid Bricard, and a former marketing executive for L'Oreal. Her novels have been translated into 21 languages and are published all around the world. Her eighth novel, The Disappearance of Astrid Bricard, was longlisted for the 2024 ARA Historical Novel Prize. Books available to purchase at the event. Information Source: Shellharbour City Libraries | eventbrite

Come in to learn how to play the yidaki (Digeridoo). Brendan from Yindyamarra Cultural Experience will be coming in to teach you how to play and the cultural meaning behind the instrument. What you need to bring No need to bring anything unless you have your own Yidaki Who can come? Any aged males Follow @‌yindymarraculturalexperience on Instagram Information Source: Shellharbour City Libraries | eventbrite

Michelle Springett from Expressive Art Experience will guide you through a fun workshop where you'll get to learn new skills and paint heartfelt art! Celebrate Mum with a heartwarming Mother’s Day Art Experience! This special event is all about love, creativity, and making memories. During this class you will design and paint your own beautiful tea towel filled with hearts, florals, and all the love Mum deserves. All materials will be provided in this workshop. You'll leave with a one-of-a-kind masterpiece and a heart full of inspiration! This class is suitable for beginners and experts, aged 14 and over. Whether you’re painting for Mum, with Mum, or just celebrating the amazing women in your life, this class of 16 will be a lot of fun so bring your friends or family. Bookings are essential. Ticket Cost: $35 Tickets are non-refundable Make sure to check out Michelle Springett's website: ExpressiveArtExperience.com Free parking at the Civic Centre (access from Cygnet Ave). Have a question? Email us at CivicCentre.Booking@shellharbour.nsw.gov.au Information Source: Shellharbour Civic Centre | eventbrite

Aural Poetics/Convivialities is a weekend centering poetics and sonic practices. Montréal-based poet and editor Michael Nardone convenes the artists and writers involved in two recent works – Aural Poetics and Convivialities – to discuss their compositional practices and share audio related to the projects. Please join us on Saturday 10th May at 7pm for an evening of readings, performances and dialogues to celebrate the launch of two recent works – Aural Poetics and Convivialities – both composed by Montréal-based poet and editor Michael Nardone. An evening of dialogue and performance, featuring Sophie Seita, including audio interventions by Dylan Robinson, Divya Victor, and Ryan C. Clarke. The Aural Poetics/Convivialities programme will unfold over two days.On Friday 9th May, rtm.fmhosts a radio-broadcast of recordings, readings and discussion with contributors to Aural Poetics OEI #98-99, including Merlin Sheldrake, Raven Chacon, Cecilia Vicuña, Peter Morin, Sophie Seita, Carolyn Chen + Divya Victor, JJJJJerome Ellis, Lewis Freedman, Luke Nickel, and Lisa Robertson. Aural Poetics OEI #98-99 (OEI, 2024)The domain of the aural opens, at once, on to the act of composition and on to the iterative context of a composition’s reception; it comprises embodiment(s) imbricated with an array of inscriptive practices. The works of these pages instantiate (as compositions) and contemplate (as critical texts) the differing degrees in which techniques of the body enter into dynamic relation with modes of inscription, forming a feedback loop that co-constitutes their capacities. To this degree, an aural poetics – in opposition to the vast discourse of its homonym – can evade the facile separation of an essentialized “oral” and “written,” veer away from the technological determinism and psychosocial developmental model that commentators have grafted upon this faux binary, and compel us to imagine and examine composition across artistic practices through assessing specific articulations of materials and occasion. Here, listening is manifold. Convivialities (Talonbooks, 2025) is a collection of dialogues with contemporary writers and artists conducted over great distances and extended periods of time. These conversations focus on poetics, both the theory of poetry (its forms, histories, and critical categories) and the theory of poiesis (i.e., making). The dialogues vary. Some are chatty, others theoretical. They model how we might talk, think, and listen together, both to one another and to the sites and greater communities where we are situated. Convivialities investigates how the collected writers and artists craft their works, the contexts in which they make them, the intellectual and artistic histories that inspire their own ways of working, and the cultural issues that are at the core of their practices. And, perhaps most of all, it asks how they continue to create in a world ravaged by climate crisis, economic crisis, settler colonialism, and imperialism. ContributorsMichael Nardoneis a poet and editor based in Montréal. His recent and forthcoming works include: Convivialities (a book of dialogues), Aural Poetics (an edition on listening practices across the arts), Yellow Towel: A Score (a collaboration with Dana Michel), Border Tuner | Sintonizador Fronterizo (a monograph on Rafael Lozano-Hemmer, co-edited with Edgar Picazo Merino), the Documents on Expanded Poetics book series (co-edited with Nathan Brown), The Tranatlantic Conversation (a translation of Abigail Lang’s monograph on contemporary French and US poetry), and The Ritualites (a book of poems). Beginning in 2024, he is a writer-in-residence at the SETI Institute. For about a decade, Sophie Seita has worked with language as a sensuous, sculptural, and sonic material, translated and moulded into live performances, performative objects, publications, sound pieces, drawings, and textiles. She teaches in the Art Department at Goldsmiths, University of London, and recently held the Werner Düttmann Fellowship at Akademie der Künste (Berlin), and a research residency at Studio Voltaire. Often working collaboratively, she’s currently working on a longer term project on ecoliteracy with Youngsook Choi, and a performance ritual for and with queer ancestors and water alongside Victoria Perrie, Jehan Roberson, Naomi Woo; and most recently, with Bhanu Kapil, she improvised a score around and about the perimeter, the pericardium, performing duration and an intimate encounter with an known structure at Goethe Institute London. Dylan Robinson is a xwélmexw (Stó:lō/Skwah First Nation) scholar and artist who seeks to prioritize Indigenous resurgence through writing, curation and interarts practice. He is the author of Hungry Listening: Resurgent Theory for Indigenous Sound Studies, which received several awards including the best book for the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association and the Wallace Berry award for Music Theory for the Society of Music Theory. Working with the sound of Halq’emeylem language, his writing makes space for the resonance and vibrancy of shxwelméxwelh concepts. Robinson is an Associate Professor at the University of British Columbia. Divya Victor is a Tamil American poet, essayist, and educator. She is the author of CURB, which won the 2022 PEN America Open Book Award and the 2022 Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award. It was also a finalist for the 2022 CLMP Firecracker Award. Divya is also the author of KITH,Scheingleichheit: Drei Essays, NATURAL SUBJECTS, UNSUB, and THINGS TO DO WITH YOUR MOUTH. Her work has been collected in numerous venues, including BOMB, the New Museum’s The Animated Reader, Crux: Journal of Conceptual Writing, The Best American Experimental Writing, POETRY, The Yale Review, American Poetry Review, The Atlantic, The New York Times Magazine, W.W. Norton’sThe Seagull Reader, andboundary2. She is currently an Associate Professor of English and Writing at Michigan State University, where she is the Director of the Creative Writing Program. A tonal geologist from the northern rim of the Gulf of Mexico, Ryan C. Clarke notices the passage of time as both a trained coastal sedimentologist and artist-researcher as an Editor and Director of Educational Programming at dweller electronics, a group dedicated towards providing afrological counterpoint within an otherwise eurologically dominant music industry. His individual works investigate local cultural objects and their metaphysical communications with their proximal geological landscape. Knowing intimately the ways his home is at great risk of physical and social loss, he finds ways to not only document this loss quantitatively in scientific research as a trained coastal sedimentologist, but qualitatively with works that aim to articulate the vernacular knowledges his people share with the Mississippi River Delta and its distributaries. By interpreting the various articulations of Black music as a depositional record, he views the progression of technology and culture at-large as being downstream of Black innovation in dialogue with its surrounding environment under the proposition of geologizing blackness. Information Source: TACO! | eventbrite

City Library, Wednesday 4 June, 6pm Join our fabulous instructor for a creative and informative session on painting and still life. What you'll do: This program is focused on Still Life; the history, mediums and scenes that can be created. Each session you’ll work with a different medium and follow the facilitator through some drawing exercises before moving into creating your final piece using the arrangement on display. In this session we’ll be working with watercolour paint. Knowledge required None, perfect for beginners. Who should attend? This program is most suited to ages 16+. This program has a limited number of spots available. If you are unable to attend, please cancel your ticket so that others may participate. To cancel your ticket, please follow the instructions provided under cancelling ticket help or call the library at 4221 6222. Information Source: Shellharbour City Libraries | eventbrite

Shellharbour City Library is excited to be hosting author Gina Chick, discussing her latest book We Are the Stars! City Library, Wednesday 11 June at 6:00pm. Shortlisted for the 2025 Indie Book Awards, Non-Fiction Gina Chick, the inaugural winner of Alone Australia, tells the story of her extraordinary, indomitable life in one of the most powerful, moving memoirs you will ever read. From day one of her wildly unconventional childhood, Gina Chick blazed her own trail, which led her to dance through the hidden world of ’90s Sydney nightlife into the arms of a conman. She fled to the wilderness to find healing, began a wondrous love affair with the deepest lessons life – and death – can offer, and found that all the answers are written in the wisdom of the body and the whirling silence of stars. We Are the Stars is a magic carpet ride through the exquisite mystery of the human heart. You’ve never read anything like it. Gina Chick is a rewilding facilitator, adventurer, writer and speaker. Gina was one of ten participants of the first series of Alone Australia, made by iTV and screened on SBS in 2023. After 67 days of unforgettable moments of searing vulnerability, Gina was the last person standing, and the second woman to win an Alone solo challenge. Her determination, passion, and love of the natural world endeared her to more than 5.5 million people around Australia. Books available to purchase at the event. Information Source: Shellharbour City Libraries | eventbrite

£5 per adult, children go free Join us for lots of fun Bouncy Castle Live music and entertainment Garden games and segways Scavenger hunt Stalls Yummy food* And much more! *Additional cost Please note that tickets are non refundable and non transferable Information Source: Macdonald Elmers Court Hotel | eventbrite

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