What's on in 2010
Harden, Murrumburrah, Galong, Jugiong,
Wombat &
district NSW
We update our calendar regularly (last update 23 January). Dates
for many events have not yet been set.
To list an event or update the information,
email us
or call 6386 2210
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MARCH
2010
Saturday 13 March
Back to the Old Days
Harden Bowling Club, 7.30pm, $10 entry
Friday 19 March
St Mary's Irish Ball, Young Services Club
Saturday 20 March
Canassist Breakfast in the Park
Newson Park, Albury St, Harden from 9am
Sunday 21 March
Arts Council concert featuring Julie & Peter O'Connor, Stewart &
Alison Bruce and Counterpoint
Murrumburrah Court House, 2pm
Tickets $20/$15, proceeds to CanAssist.
Bookings 6386 2555
Sunday 21 March
Stockinbingal Village Fair, Stockinbingal
Saturday 27 March
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APRIL 2010
Saturday 3 April
Murrumburrah Easter Festival
- Yabby Cup Races, Marbles Tournament, Wet Sponge Throw-a-thon, Gumboot
Throwing, sausage sizzle & raffle,
Albury Street, Murrumburrah, at the Light Horse
Memorial. Proceeds to
Murrumburrah Hospital Auxiliary
Saturday 10 - Sunday 11 April
Temora Air Show, Temora. Open 10am-4pm, 45 minutes scenic drive
away. Stay at the Commercial Hotel in relaxing Murrumburrah and break
the long drive from Sydney or Wollongong. Info
www.aviationmuseum.com.au,
accommodation enquiries
lighthorsehotel@bigpond.com or 02 6386
2210
Saturday 17 April
Cootamundra Picnic Races, Cootamundra
Starts 12 noon, info 6942 2020
Saturday 17 April
Lambing Flat Festival, Young. A Gold Trail event.
Sunday 18 April
Harden Gold & Bushranger Festival, Murrumburrah. A Gold Trail event.
Saturday 24 - Sunday 25 April
2009
Gundalong Polo Tournament,
Galong
12, 6 and 2 goal tournament
Saturday 24 April
2009
Opera at the Monastery,
St Clement's Monastery, Galong, with Pacific Opera Australia
Champagne & canapes 5pm, performance 7pm $65
info:
www.stclement.com.au
bookings
info@stclement.com.au or 02 6380 5222
Accommodation available at the Commercial Hotel, Murrurmburrah 6386
2210
Sunday 25 April 2009
Opera at the Monastery,
St Clement's Monastery, Galong
with Pacific Opera Australia
Barbecue 12 noon, performance 1pm $40
info:
www.stclement.com.au
bookings
info@stclement.com.au or 02 6380 5222
Sunday 25 April
2009 - ANZAC Day
6.00am Dawn Service, Cenotaph, Newson Park, Harden
10.30am
Anzac Day March, Mechanics Institute, Neill St to Newson Park, Harden
11.00 Commemorative Service, Cenotaph, Newson Park, Harden
11.30 Anzac Day March and Commemorative Service, 1st Australian Light Horse Memorial, Albury St, Murrumburrah
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MAY 2010
Sunday 2 May
Galong Marian Procession & St Clement's Way
St Clement's Retreat & Conference Centre, Kalangan Rd, Galong
Open Air Mass at 12 Noon, followed by the Marian procession to the
Lourdes Hill Grotto at 2pm. Picnic and bbq facilities available
Information:
www.stclement.com.au,
email
info@stclement.com.au
or 02 6380 5222
Saturday 8 May
Boorowa Picnic Races, Boorowa
Saturday 15- Sunday 16 May
Young Quilt Show, Young Services Club
Saturday 21 May
Harden Hawks RLFC Deb Ball, Harden Country Club
Saturday 22 May
Elvis Concert, Mechanics Institute, Neill St Harden
Bookings Lorraine Brown 6386 2555
May - TBA
Boorowa Picnic Races, Boorowa
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JUNE 2010
Saturday 5 - Sunday 6 June
Temora Air Show, Temora. Open 10am-4pm, 45 minutes scenic drive
away. Stay at the Commercial Hotel in relaxing Murrumburrah and break
the long drive from Sydney or Wollongong. Info
www.aviationmuseum.com.au,
accommodation enquiries
lighthorsehotel@bigpond.com or 02 6386
2210
www.aviationmuseum.com.au
Saturday 26 June
HM Junior Rugby League Chicken & Prawn Auction, Harden
Mechanics Institute
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JULY 2010
Saturday 3 - Sunday 4 July 2009 TBC
Harden Polocrosse Tournament, Harden
Racecourse. Info: Paul O'Connor
pauloconnor@activ8.net.au
Sunday 4 July
Modern Game & Rosecomb Clubs of Australia Poultry Show, Murrumburrah Showground
from 10 am to 4 pm,
enquiries Dale Ashton 02 6386 2551 ah
Saturday 17 - Sunday 18 July
Jugiong Polocrosse Carnival, Jugiong
info: Sara Grills 6036 9215
Sunday 18 July
Harden & District Poultry Club Show, Murrumburrah Showground
from 10 am to 4 pm,
enquiries Dale Ashton 02 6386 2551 ah
Saturday 24 - Sunday 25 July
Harden All Breeds Championship Dog Show,
organised by the Harden-Murrumburrah & District Kennel Club,
Murrumburrah
Showground, North St,
Murrumburrah. The
district's premier dog show, with 600 dogs on show.
Info:
Robyn or Eddie Ryan, 02 6386 4322
Saturday 31 July -
Sunday 1 August 2008
Harden Horse Trials, Murrumburrah Showground
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AUGUST 2010
Saturday 31 -
Sunday 1 August 2008
Harden Horse Trials, Murrumburrah Showground
Saturday 14 - Sunday 15 August
Temora Air Show, Temora.
Open 10am-4pm, 45 minutes scenic drive
away. Stay at the Commercial Hotel in relaxing Murrumburrah and break
the long drive from Sydney or Wollongong. Info www.aviationmuseum.com.au,
accommodation enquiries
lighthorsehotel@bigpond.com or 02 6386
2210
Saturday 14 - Sunday 15 August
Jugiong Quilt & Craft Show, Jugiong.
Enquiries Janelle 6386 6289
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SEPTEMBER 2010
Friday 3 - Saturday
4 September
122nd Annual Murrumburrah-Harden Show, Murrumburrah Showground,
North St, Murrumburrah
Friday 3 - Sunday
5 September
Spring Festival of the Arts, St Clement's Monastery, Kalangan Rd,
Galong
info: www.stclement.com.au
bookings info@stclement.com.au
or 02 6380 5222
Saturday 4 - Sunday 12 September
History Week
Tuesday - Wednesday
Two Woman Ambrose Golf Tournament, Harden
Country Club, East St, Harden
Friday 17 - Sunday 19 September
Bikers Australia Wombat Rally, Wombat Oval, Wombat.
Enquiries:
info@bikersaustralia.com.au
Saturday 18 September
Galong Bonfire & Fireworks, Galong, from 5.30pm. Info Galong Progress
Association 6386 7373
Saturday 18 - Sunday 19 September
Two-man Ambrose Golf Tournament, Harden
Country Club, East St, Harden, T 02 6386 2483
Sunday 26 - Tuesday 29 September
Young Show, Young Showground
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OCTOBER 2010
Saturday 2 October
Bribbaree Show, Bribbaree Showground
Sunday 3 October
Endurance Ride, Demondrille. Information Gordon Smith 6386 3158
Sunday 3 October (Labor Day Long Weekend)
Irish Woolfest & Running of the Sheep, Boorowa
Boorowa's fun weekend with the Running of the Sheep and lots of
activities for all the family. Last year's event attracted over 10,000
people. Boorowa is a 20 minute drive from Harden-Murrumburrah.
Information: Barbara Manion 6385 3962 or
b.manion@boorowa.nsw.gov.au
website
www.irishwoolfest.boorowa.net
Saturday 9 October
Harden Kite Festival, Harden Racecourse, Burley Griffin Way,
Harden
Saturday 9 October
Young Picnic Races, Young
Sunday 10 October
Bong Bong Picnic Races, Bowral
Saturday 23 - Sunday 24 October 2010
Garangula Polo Tournament, Garangula. Enquiries 6386 6210
October
Harden-Murrumburrah Arts Council Art Exhibition, Murrumburrah
Courthouse, Albury St, Murrumburrah
Enquiries Connie McFadyen 6386 2575
Saturday 30 October
Poet's Dinner, Mechanics Institute, Neill St, Harden
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NOVEMBER 2010
Saturday - Sunday November
Jugiong Carpathon
Saturday November
Yass Rodeo, Yass. Enquiries 02 6226
4535
Friday 12 to Sunday 14 November
Dog on Tuckerbox Festival &
Snake Gully Cup, Gundagai
Saturday 13 - Sunday 14 November
Galong Patchwork Weekend & Quilt Show
St Clements Monastery, Kalangan Rd, Galong.
Six tutors from all over Australia.
Info
www.galongpatchwork.webs.com
Enquiries Lesley Dopson
nospod@aapt.net.au or 6386 7253
Saturday 13 - Sunday 14 November
TBC
Young & District Kennel Club All Breeds Championship Dog Show
Murrumburrah Showground, Woolrych Street, Murrumburrah.
Enquiries Mrs Susan Lemon 6382 1259
Friday 19 November
Goulburn Cup,
Goulburn Racecourse
Saturday 20 November tbc
30th Harden Picnic Races, Harden Racecourse
Burley Griffin Way, Harden
Enquiries: Ashley Hall 0401 066 734
accommodation enquiries
lighthorsehotel@bigpond.com or 02 6386
2210
Saturday 20 - Sunday 21 November
Temora Air Show, Temora. Open 10am-4pm, 45 minutes scenic drive
away. Stay at the Commercial Hotel in relaxing Murrumburrah and break
the long drive from Sydney or Wollongong. Info
www.aviationmuseum.com.au,
accommodation enquiries
lighthorsehotel@bigpond.com or 02 6386
2210
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DECEMBER 2010 |
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Fruit picking, Kingsvale & Wombat.
Book your accommodation
to come and pick fresh flavoursome cherries and stone fruit at the orchards of Kingsvale and Wombat,
15 minutes from Murrumburrah. Picnic at an orchard or in the Chinese
Gardens at Young.
If you want to pick your own fruit, call the orchard first:
Petal Falls
Orchard, Kingsvale Rd, Kingsvale
6384 4256
Allambie
Orchard, Olympic Way,
Wombat
6384 3243
Wombat Heights
Orchard, Back Wombat Road,
Wombat
6384 3208
Ballinaclash
Orchard, Olympic Way, Young
6382
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Accommodation & Good Food
COMMERCIAL HOTEL
337 Albury St (Burley Griffin Way),
Murrumburrah 2587
T 02 6386 2210 M 0400 67 44 66
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lighthorsehotel@bigpond.com
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Bed & breakfast
1861 Bar
Tuesday to Sunday from 4pm
Summer Brunch
Friday, Saturday, Sunday & Monday
from 10.30 am
1868 Dining Room
Friday & Saturday from 6.30
Bookings 02 6386 2210
Eleven spacious heritage rooms ringed by a wide veranda offer comfortable accommodation and breakfast
for singles, couples, families or groups
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Contact us for more information
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www.harden.com.au |
Harden NSW 2587 |
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