Canberra Weekender: What's on April 8-10
Runners start the marathon last year. Photo: Jeffrey Chan All weekend CANBERRA WINE WEEK The celebration of all things local wine has been going since Monday and continues into the weekend. There's meet the maker events, wine tastings, wine and food matching and more. See the program at cdww.com.au.2016 AUSTRALIAN RUNNING FESTIVAL Lace up your shoes for The Canberra Times Fun Run. Saturday has the five-kilometre and 10-kilometre runs, and Sunday has the marathon, ultra marathon and ..>> view originalCanberra snubbed but Test match cricket still on short term radar for ...
Manuka Oval has been left off Cricket Australia's Test match fixtures for next summer. Photo: Jay Cronan Officials are confident Manuka Oval will host a historic Test match within the next four years despite the Canberra venue's snubbing from next summer's fixtures. The ACT government and Cricket ACT put forward a strong proposal, but Canberra will have to be content with hosting a one day international against either Pakistan or South Africa for now after H..>> view originalWhat's on in Canberra's arts scene
Beauty, belonging and migrationIdil Abdullhai has reinterpreted the patterns on those gorgeous blue-and-white decorative ceramics from Turkey and Morocco in her new exhibition at Belconnen Arts centre: "She re-interprets patterns such as Zilij and Iznik in combination with her henna patterns as decoration for functional ceramic objects. This collection is beautifully functional and deeply rooted in the traditional ideas of 'Islamic Art', its beauty and use and celebrating how it goes hand in h..>> view originalNRL: Canberra Raiders keen to snare Parramatta Eels prop Junior ...
The Canberra Raiders would be willing to bring Eels prop Junior Paulo to the club this year. Photo: Getty Images The Canberra Raiders are waiting to pounce on Eels prop Junior Paulo for a mid-season transfer if Parramatta are forced to offload players due to their salary cap issues.The immediate concern for the Raiders is finding a way to stop Paulo when they take on the Eels at Parramatta Stadium on Saturday.Paulo is already on his way to Canberra for the 20..>> view originalSmoke across Canberra due to hazard reduction burn
Smoke across Canberra due to hazard reduction burn Posted April 06, 2016 17:08:02 Smoke visible across Canberra today is due to a hazard reduction burn in southern ACT and across the border in New South Wales.Firefighters and Territory and Municipal Services have been conducting burns in Namadgi and Tidbinbilla national parks from the start of this month.But ACT Emergency Services Agency said the smoke from the fires could been seen and smelt across much of Canberra d..>> view originalCanberra clubs, pubs warn proposed licensing changes could force ...
Canberra clubs, pubs warn proposed licensing changes could force closures Updated April 06, 2016 18:19:36 Canberra's pubs and clubs have raised concerns over a proposed "drastic" hike in liquor licensing fees.An ACT Government white paper on ways to reduce alcohol-related harm has suggested reducing the latest licensed time to 3:00am or increasing fees for beyond that between 300 and 500 per cent.The Government said the move would help offset the burden of alcohol on ho..>> view originalStory of cities #17: Canberra's vision of the ideal city gets mired in ...
In May 1912, Chicago landscape architect Walter Griffin won an international competition to design an unnamed capital of Australia. Overseas entrants had been given only maps, a cyclorama landscape print and – if they could access it – a plaster model of the site to work with. Perhaps unsurprisingly, some of the proposed designs suggested futuristic, high-density metropolises built around elaborate canals and weirs (third-placed Frenchman, Donat Alfred Agache, even pitched a formal European-sty..>> view originalCanberra's scarlet robin facing extinction within 30 years if habitats ...
Canberra's scarlet robin facing extinction within 30 years if habitats not protected Posted April 07, 2016 12:54:27 Canberra's iconic scarlet robin is at risk of extinction if action is not taken to protect its habitats. The tiny insect-feeding, shrub-dwelling bird was listed as vulnerable in the ACT last year. But Dr Annie Lane, ACT conservator for flora and fauna, said the population had continued to decline. "It's a steady decline and if we don't arrest that declin..>> view originalCanberra's rental prices among the nation's most expensive
Canberra house rental prices increased by 4.4 per cent over the past year and unit rents rose 1.3 per cent. “Although vacancy rates held steady they remain very low, indicating the likelihood of future rent rises in Canberra,” Dr Wilson said Canberra and Hobart had the lowest residential vacancy rate in the country with 1.5 per cent across both house and units. “Canberra’s vacancy rate was 3.1 per cent in the March quarter of last year and it’s now holding at 1.5 per cent and that is quite a d..>> view originalCanberra Symphony Orchestra's Mainly Mozart is fresh, breezy ...
Virginia Taylor's interpretation of Jonathan Dove's work, The Magic Flute Dances, was sparkling. Photo: Supplied Canberra Symphony Orchestra: ACTEW AGL Llewellyn Hall Series No. 1 2016 Mainly Mozart; Wednesday April 6, 7.30pm, 2016 Benjamin Northey breezed onto the stage, bringing a fresh pair of hands to conduct the CSO in the first concert of the Llewellyn series. The slightly eccentric programme blended contrasting works by Mozart, Dove, Westlake and Tchaikovsky. Northey has a distincti..>> view original
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