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BELLARINE RAILWAY - DAY OUT WITH THOMAS

5/3/2019

BRING THOMAS AND HIS FRIENDS TO LIFE!

Thomas the Tank Engine is coming to Queenscliff bringing along all his friends including Oliver, Henry, Salty and those Troublesome Trucks.

The whole family will enjoy unlimited steam train rides with Thomas and his Friends, while children get the chance to meet and take photos with Sir Topham Hatt. Lady Hatt has decided the guest attraction for April will be a Twirling Tea Cup ride.

The event will run from 10:00am to 4:00pm and all tickets include unlimited rides with Thomas the Tank Engine in those Troublesome Trucks and lots of fun activities listed below!

Meet Sir Topham Hatt and shake his hand
Enjoy the jumping Castle and Children’s Maze
Visit the Thomas Movie and Story Room in the activity hall
Find Henry and climb up to his Drivers Cab to blow his whistle!
‘Spot the Engine’ and ‘Thomas Colour-in’ competitions
Child’s activity bag with Junior Engineer Certificate, Thomas Tattoo and more!

Online bookings are highly recommended to avoid disappointment, as the event can sell out.

We are giving you the chance to WIN 1 of 2 Family passes (2A & 2C) valued at $85
For your chance to WIN head to our FACEBOOK and INSTAGRAM to enter!

WHEN
13 - 14 Apr 2019

WHERE
Bellarine Railway Queenscliff

COST
Adult: $25 18 years+ (at children's prices)
Child: $25 4 to 17 years
Toddler $15 (1-3 years)
Family 1: $85 (2 adults & 2 children) -OR- Family 2: $95 (2 adults & 3 children)

BOOK NOW

Bellarine Railway Queenscliff
20 Symonds Street, Queenscliff, Victoria, 3225
(03) 5258 2069
info@bellarinerailway.com.au

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NEON PLAYGROUND – melbourne zoo

5/3/2019

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NEON PLAYGROUND
Light and Art for Wildlife Conservation

Experience Melbourne Zoo after dark as it's transformed with lights, projections, art installations, interactive performances, food and drink, and more!

Bringing Melbourne's vibrant culture to the lush grounds of the Zoo, Neon Playground is a new event celebrating wildlife conservation with a showcase of some of the best local light and visual artists and designers.

And the most important part, all proceeds contribute to the conservation of the critically endangered Southern Corroboree Frog. Come along and fight against wildlife extinction!

See Melbourne Zoo like never before

Journey through Awareness Alley where you will be engulfed by dynamic laser art along Melbourne Zoo’s historic Main Drive. On the way, learn about our fighting extinction species from the colourful Neon lights by artist Carla O’Brien.
Transport yourself into the world of Graeme Base’s Waterhole, where illuminated and animated giant tortoises bring this childhood favourite to life.
Explore the giant neon maze. Inspired by the Southern Corroboree Frog’s distinctive yellow and black colouring, almost 600 meters of LED neon suspended from the ground creates a labyrinth of light with surprises along the way.
Take it all in at Relaxoland where you can grab something from the food trucks and bars to refuel.

These are just some of the amazing experiences – come along to see it all!

WHERE
Melbourne Zoo

WHEN
Friday April 12th to Saturday April 27th
5.30pm to 9.30pm

COST
Adult $39
Child $19
Adult Member $35.10
Child Member $17.10

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Melbourne Zoo
Elliott Ave, Parkville VIC 3052

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CIRQUE DU SOLEIL - KURIOS

5/3/2019

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CIRQUE DU SOLEIL KURIOS – CABINET OF CURIOSITIES
headed to melbourne

Roll up, roll up Cirque du Soleil is returning to Melbourne in March 2020 with its most acclaimed touring show,
KURIOS – Cabinet of Curiosities™. KURIOS

Images: © Cirque du Soleil

Written and directed by Michel Laprise, KURIOS – Cabinet of Curiosities is a tale in which time comes to a complete stop, transporting the audience inside a fantasy world where everything is possible. In this realm set in the latter half of the nineteenth century, reality is quite relative indeed as our perception of it is utterly transformed.

Images: © Cirque du Soleil

Step into the curio cabinet of an ambitious inventor who defies the laws of time, space and dimension in order to reinvent everything around him. Suddenly, the visible becomes invisible, perspectives are transformed, and the world is literally turned upside down.

WHERE
Flemington Racecourse, Melbourne

WHEN
From Thursday 12 March 2020

BOOK NOW

Flemington Racecourse
448 Epsom Rd, Flemington VIC 3031

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DINOSAURS MAKE THEIR RETURN TO ZOOS VICTORIA

4/3/2019

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They're back from extinction!
AT ZOOS VICTORIA

Giant beasts that once freely roamed the earth have been brought back from extinction for a limited time only at Zoos Victoria’s three properties: Melbourne Zoo, Werribee Open Range Zoo and Healesville Sanctuary.

For 100-days only, from April 6 to July 14, zoo visitors can get up close to life-like, roaring and moving dinosaurs of all shapes and sizes in three very different Zoos Victoria experiences.

Step through Melbourne Zoo’s quarantine zone and into Dino Park where you will see dinosaurs come to life. Get up close during this unique walkthrough experience with roving dinosaurs thanks to the creators at Erth Visual & Physical Inc. You might even be lucky enough to watch a Dino Keeper waking a dinosaur from their slumber.

Over at Werribee Open Range Zoo, take a self-guided walk with Dinosaurs along the new River Trail Zoorassic experience. Nine life-size dinosaurs come to life through animatronics and soundscapes. Meet a Dinosaur Ranger and find out what it is like to care for and train this species.

At Healesville Sanctuary, discover 10 MegaBeasts from Australia’s ancient past in an animatronic spectacular. See Pallimnarchus the crocodile, Procoptodon the kangaroo, Phascolonus the wombat and more – some look eerily familiar to their animal relatives still in existence today.

WHERE
Dino Park at Melbourne Zoo
Zoorassic at Werribee Open Range ZoO
MegaBeasts at Healesville Sanctuary

WHEN
6 April to 14 July 2019
9.30am - 3.00pm

COST
Free with zoo admission

MORE INFO

Melbourne Zoo
Elliott Ave, Parkville VIC 3052

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Melbourne artist Rone : Empire

25/2/2019

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ABANDONED MANSION transformed into
'Empire' a magnificent work of art

Local Melbourne artist RONE does it again, transforming a derelict Manson into a MUST SEE work of art!

Left vacant for more than 20 years, a sprawling 1930s mansion sits neglected, in a state of ruin.
Questions hang heavy in its dense silence, each room strewn with the dusty remains of
a collapsed empire and hints of romance past. Here, not much is certain but it’s clear that
any signs of life have long since departed.

Image: Courtesy of RONE

Following the success his 2017 outing,The Omega Project — which saw a condemned family
home in suburban Alphington recast, fleetingly, as a gallery and installation piece before being
demolished — internationally renowned Australian artist Rone announces his largest and most
ambitious project yet: Empire, set amongst the decaying glory of a once-magnificent manor in Melbourne’s Dandenong Ranges.

Image: Courtesy of RONE

Part exhibition, part installation, part VR and AR experience, Empire combines art, vision, sound, light, botanical design and scent to take audiences on a hauntingly immersive multi-sensory journey into a reimagined past of a faded icon.

Image: Courtesy of RONE

Featuring extensive Deco-era styling from interior stylist Carly Spooner (The Establishment Studios,The Omega Project) across 12 of the estate’s otherwise empty spaces, the experience has been meticulously curated to evoke a distinct series of moods as audiences move from room to room.

Image: Courtesy of RONE

Thematically linked to the seasons, rooms have been furnished with over 500 individual
antique pieces, which Spooner and Rone painstakingly sourced over a series of months.
Included is a grand piano that, for several weeks, was left to the elements in the mansion’s
garden to achieve its aged patina before being transplanted back into the house — moss,
leaves and all.

Virtual Reality tour of Rone’s past and present projects.

We made the trip out to The Dandenong Ranges to witness Rone’s magnificent and immersive Empire during a community sneak preview .
It’s a project in grand scale that we recommend needs to be seen in person!

Artist Rone with the kids during preview of “Empire”

WHEN
6 March – 22 April, 2019

WHERE
Location
Burnham Beeches mansion
1 Sherbrooke Road,
Sherbrooke

COST
Day Session
Adult: $15, Concession: $13, Child: $10
Evening Session
Adult: $25, Concession: $13, Child: $10

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Burnham Beeches mansion
1 Sherbrooke Road,
Sherbrooke

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@r_o_n_e

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BELLARINE RAILWAY - DAY OUT WITH THOMAS

BRING THOMAS AND HIS FRIENDS TO LIFE!

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NEON PLAYGROUND
Light and Art for Wildlife Conservation

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CIRQUE DU SOLEIL KURIOS – CABINET OF CURIOSITIES
headed to melbourne

DINOSAURS MAKE THEIR RETURN TO ZOOS VICTORIA

They're back from extinction!
AT ZOOS VICTORIA

Melbourne artist Rone : Empire

ABANDONED MANSION transformed into
'Empire' a magnificent work of art

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CIRQUE DU SOLEIL KURIOS – CABINET OF CURIOSITIES headed to melbourne

DINOSAURS MAKE THEIR RETURN TO ZOOS VICTORIA

They're back from extinction!AT ZOOS VICTORIA

Melbourne artist Rone : Empire

ABANDONED MANSION transformed into ​'Empire' a magnificent work of art

Welcome​to Melbourne with Kidz

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NEON PLAYGROUND
Light and Art for Wildlife Conservation

CIRQUE DU SOLEIL KURIOS – CABINET OF CURIOSITIES
headed to melbourne

They're back from extinction!
AT ZOOS VICTORIA

ABANDONED MANSION transformed into
'Empire' a magnificent work of art

Welcome
to Melbourne with Kidz