Sydney Children Festival 30 March 14 | Belmore Park Opposite Central Station

The Children’s Festival events are the largest and most unique celebrations of multiculturalism for children and families in Australia.

They are days of sharing, learning and exploring the culturally diverse modern cities that we all live in and share with one another.

If children are able to experience this sharing and understanding from a young age, The Children’s Festival hopes that adults too, will be able to share and understand, so that we can all live harmoniously within our in communities.

This year, they have exciting events including 16th Bankstown Children’s Festival. For the first time ever – the inaugural Children’s Festival in the City of Sydney (in partnership with Community Relations Commission For A Multicultural NSW and NSW Federation of Community Language Schools) will be held on Sunday 30 March 2014 at Belmore Park (opposite Central Railway Station) Sydney.

The Children’s Parade at 11.30am and/or to perform on the day, and make it a spectacle of colour and diversity in that special way of our Children’s Festivals “Playing Together and Living in Harmony“.  

Get ready for a day of celebration where you will experience different cultural traditions, costumes, dances, performances, songs, lion dancing, drumming workshops and share traditional and delicious foods with one another.

There will be some fun and games, take part in the Children’s Parade, witness the dancing and musical performances on stage or have a go at drumming, kite flying or take part in the poster competition.

There will be endless exciting activities for the kids including scout adventures, lantern making, costume parades, arts and craft, rides, animal petting zoo and more.

See you there!

Event: Thailand Grand Festival 8-9 March 2014 | Tumbalong Park Darling Harbour

Date: 8-9 March 2014
Time: 10:30-7pm
Location: Tumbalong Park, Darling Harbour

The festival features activities and cultural performances, such as demonstrations and an arts and crafts expo.

Here's sure to be something for everyone in the family, from Thai cooking demonstrations and the Thai wedding corner, to exhilarating Muay Thai (Thai kickboxing) and Krabi Krabong (sword and stick fighting) martial arts exhibitions from trained warriors. There will, of course, be deliciously hot Thai food available from the stalls, as well as arts and crafts from the Bangsai Arts and Crafts Centre, which was founded by Thai Queen Sirikit to promote traditional Thai handicrafts and to develop skills among the villagers in Ayutthaya province and around the country.

There is something for everyone at the Thailand Grand Festival 2014.

Presented by the Royal Thai Consulate-General in Sydney and supported by the City of Sydney, the Thailand Grand Festival 2014 is part of the Living in Harmony Festival 2014, which celebrates the cultural diversity of Sydney and promotes harmony amidst this diversity. Both the venue and toilets are wheelchair accessible, and the event is free and open to the public.

Be mesmerized by beautiful Thai dance and the exquisite costume of Thai dancers.  Come to the Thailand Grand Festival 2014 and experience delicate, intricate and beautiful Thai-style weddings, or learn the history and get insider knowledge of Thai massage. Perhaps you can even sample how rejuvenating it is.

EVENT SNAPSHOT

WHEN:

Between Saturday 08 March andSunday 09 March from 10.30 to 19.00

8 – 9 March, 2014

WHERE:

Tumbalong Park, Darling Harbour NSW 2000
Website: http://www.tgf.net.au
Opening Hours: 10.30 am - 7.00 pm
Other Services: Food outlet, Car parking available, Public toilets

COST:

Free

WEBSITE:

http://www.tgf.net.au

HOW TO GET TO THIS EVENT:

Train: Town Hall Station
Buses: many buses travelling down Market, Park, Druitt, Bathurst or Liverpool Street
Ferry: Darling Harbour
Light Rail: Paddy’s Market station

LOCATION

TUMBALONG PARK, DARLING HARBOUR NSW 2000

Lantern Club | Roseland

Free Movie in March! Just bring a picnic rug! | Ryde

Cinema in the Park

The City of Ryde holds an annual Cinema in the Park event featuring popular family movies. The free screenings are held in different locations around the City of Ryde.

Entry is free
All venues are wheelchair accessible
Light refreshments will be available at all venues. Food available at Eastwood Plaza
Parking available at all venues

2014 Program

Movies start at sundown, approximately 8pm. Bring your picnic rug or low chair and find a spot on the grass.

Friday 7 March - The Wolverin
Saturday 8 March - Monsters University
Friday 14 March - Despicable Me 2
Saturday 15 March - Man of Steel

Friday 7 March
Lakeside Lawn, Gymnasium Road, Macquarie University

The Wolverine

Action, Rated M, 127 Minutes
Starring: Hugh Jackman, Famke Janssen, Will Yun Lee

An epic action adventure. Hugh Jackman claws his way back onto the big screen. When Wolverine is summoned to Japan by an old acquaintance, he is embroiled in a conflict that forces him to confront his own demons

Saturday 8 March 2014
Yamble Reserve, Quarry Road, Ryde

Monsters University

Animated / Family, Rated G, 110 Minutes
Featuring voices of: Billy Crystal, John Goodman, Steve Buscemi, Helen Mirren 

The 3D computer animated comedy tells the story of how one- eyed green monsters “Mike” meets “Sulley” - large, blue and hairy – at university. They start off as rivals, but slowly become best friends.

Friday 14 March 2014
Morrison Bay Park, Francis Road, Putney

Despicable Me 2

Animated / Family, Rated PG, 98 Minutes
Featuring voices of: Steve Carell, Kristen Wiig, Ken Jeong, Miranda Cosgrove

All-new 3D animated comedy adventure featuring the return of (former?) super-villain Gru (Steve Carell), his adorable girls, the unpredictably hilarious Minions ... and a host of new and outrageously funny characters.
 

Saturday 15 March 2014
Eastwood Plaza, Rowe Street, Eastwood

Man of Steel

Action/Adventure, Rated M, 143 Minutes, Film Code 90812
Starring: Henry Cavill, Amy Adams, Michael Shannon, Russell Crowe

An exhilarating action and spectacle. A young boy learns that he has extraordinary powers and is not of this Earth. The hero in him must emerge if he is to save the world from annihilation and become the symbol of hope for all mankind.  

Oatley Park Castle | The Hidden Germ in Sydney South

 Oatley Park was dedicated as a public recreation area on 25th March, 1887 and in the following year Hurstville Council was appointed trustee of the area. 

Oatley Park protects important examples of the natural environment which occurred throughout the area before the spread of suburbs. Within its boundaries are numerous micro-habitats giving protection to a variety of native plants and to animals which rely on those plants for food, shelter and nesting.

The park is subject to intensive recreational uses for picnics, bike riding and bushwalking. The oval is used by the local soccer club and primary school for its sporting activities and serves as an additional play area. 

The future of the park depends on community concern, awareness that this is a valuable asset and management by the Trustees with expertise and foresight. 

Excerpts taken from Native Plants of Oatley Park compiled by Alan Fairley.

114 species of birds have been observed in the park. Oatley Park provides a sanctuary for many species of birds some of which nest within its boundaries. Others use the park and its tidal boundaries as part of their wider search for food and shelter. A number of migratory birds also find the bush covered peninsula a convinent stopover on their long flights. 

Leichhardt Family DaycareParty Venue | Leichhardt

My sister recently had her daughter's party at Leichhardt Day Care. Yes, It is Le8chhardt Local Community Day Care and a Party Venue.  You could hire for minimun 4 hours,   $200 for a 4 hour hire. 

 I thought it is the best venue!  After party,    telye kids could enjoy outdoor playground but do aware that outdoor has no gate and sun shield for kids. 

There are plenty of car park on the street.