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Swap to Shop for fashion items in Manly – and Green Up Your Life |
| Date: | 5 Nov 2009 |
| Description: | Come along to update your wardrobe for FREE at Manly Council's ‘Swap to Shop, Clothes Swap’ event!
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Flamenco excitement for young and old this ‘Saturday at Sunset’ in Manly |
| Date: | 26 Oct 2009 |
| Description: | ‘Saturdays at Sunset’, Manly Council’s programme of free festive public entertainments, this Saturday (31 October 2009, 5 - 7pm) hosts Flamenco Australia’s presentation - Flamenco del Mar!..
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Deputy Mayor urges Manly schools to design best ever logo for the Clean Beach Challenge! |
| Date: | 22 Oct 2009 |
| Description: | Manly officially has the cleanest beaches in Australia - now Manly’s school students are being urged to design the ‘Keep Australia Beautiful’ organisation’s best ever ‘Clean Beach Challenge’ logo, too!...
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Council and Police speak with one voice on trading hours |
| Date: | 22 Oct 2009 |
| Description: | Manly Council welcomes this morning’s announcement from the State Government that a Community Safety Partnership will be established to tackle the issue of alcohol-related violence in Manly...
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Share your love of Manly as a Volunteer Bus Tour Guide |
| Date: | 22 Oct 2009 |
| Description: | If you love meeting people and enjoy the hustle and bustle of Manly and its famous natural attractions, then there’s a great opportunity for enthusiastic volunteers to share their passion for Manly while providing interesting information to visitors, travellers and residents as a Volunteer Bus Tour Guide...
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Helping Learner Drivers Become Safer Drivers’ – help available for parents and supervisors |
| Date: | 19 Oct 2009 |
| Description: | Manly Council and the NSW Roads & Traffic Authority (RTA) are presenting a free workshop titled ‘Helping Learner Drivers Become Safer Drivers’, suitable for parents and supervisors of learner drivers...
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Do you love to sing? Perform with a major (and Sydney’s NEWEST) Symphony Orchestra! |
| Date: | 15 Oct 2009 |
| Description: | Men and women, and boys and girls who love singing in choirs have a unique opportunity to perform with the Northern Beaches Youth Orchestra as part of Manly Council’s 2009 ‘Christmas Choral Concert’ spectacular to be held at Manly Oval on Thursday 10 December...
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Free family entertainment will enliven Manly each ‘Saturday at Sunset’ |
| Date: | 15 Oct 2009 |
| Description: | ‘Saturdays at Sunset’, Manly Council’s program of free community entertainment, starts its 2009 season from 5pm to 7pm on Saturday 24 October...
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Ken Done launches exhibition by graduating students from the school of Fine Arts, Digital Arts and Design, Northern Beaches College of TAFE |
| Date: | 12 Oct 2009 |
| Description: | Manly Art Gallery & Museum proudly presents an exhibition of selected work by graduating students in Fine Arts & Design, Digital Arts & Media from Northern Beaches College of TAFE, Northern Sydney Institute...
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Focus exhibition on the highly respected regional Plein Air artist Allan Waite |
| Date: | 12 Oct 2009 |
| Description: | Manly Art Gallery & Museum is delighted to present a free, focus exhibition on the highly respected regional artist Allan Waite... |
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Local Businesses on the Northern Beaches of Sydney are being encouraged to sign up to a free online business directory |
| Date: | 7 Oct 2009 |
| Description: | Local Businesses on the Northern Beaches of Sydney are being encouraged to sign up to a free online business directory being provided by the three local Councils...
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Nominate Manly’s Citizens of the Year! |
| Date: | 2 Oct 2009 |
| Description: | Manly Council is inviting the local Community to nominate deserving people for its 2010 Australia Day ‘Citizen of the Year’ and ‘Young Citizen of the Year’ awards, and to nominate the person or group who organised Manly’s ‘Community Event of the Year’...
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Sponsor Jean Hay in ‘Ocsober’ to help kids make the right choices about drugs and alcohol |
| Date: | 29 Sep 2009 |
| Description: | The Mayor of Manly, Councillor Jean Hay, is joining with other prominent Australians in going without alcohol next month (October) in support of the Life Education Australia national fundraising event ‘Ocsober’, aiming to raise money through sponsorship to help children make the right choices for a life free from the harmful effects of drugs and alcohol...
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Manly primary schools clean up in Northern Sydney Region Rubbish Free Lunch Challenge |
| Date: | 28 Sep 2009 |
| Description: | Two Manly primary schools have blitzed the greater Northern Sydney area in a waste avoidance, reuse and recycling competition, taking out major places in the Northern Sydney Region Rubbish Free Lunch Challenge, beating 23 other schools from seven local government areas...
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Putting your foot down – for good health! |
| Date: | 25 Sep 2009 |
| Description: | Manly Council is backing a nation-wide Australian Medical Association (AMA) doctor’s “prescription” for us all to walk 30 minutes each day, starting with Walk to Work Day on Friday 2 October 2009...
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Northern Beaches Arts Forum 2009 will empower artists and art lovers |
| Date: | 23 Sep 2009 |
| Description: | The Northern Beaches Arts Forum 2009, a high-powered information and networking session for artists, arts administrators, gallery workers and arts enthusiasts, gets under way at the Manly Art Gallery & Museum, West Esplanade, Manly, Sunday 27 September 2009, 10am - 3pm...
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Manly’s Diners embrace No Smoking Laws |
| Date: | 22 Sep 2009 |
| Description: | Most diners at restaurants and cafes in the area of Manly on Sydney’s Northern Beaches have welcomed the local Council’s prohibition of smoking in outdoor dining areas according to a recent survey of business operators...
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‘Residential Rebate Expo’ helps lower energy and water costs |
| Date: | 22 Sep 2009 |
| Description: | Manly Council is hosting a ‘Residential Rebate Expo’ from 11am to 3pm on Saturday 26 September at the North Steyne Surf Club, helping home owners save money and the environment by installing modern, more cost-effective and environmentally friendly household installations eligible for rebates from the NSW and Federal Governments...
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‘Residential Rebate Expo’ helps lower energy and water costs by providing up to $7,750 in rebates! |
| Date: | 11 Sep 2009 |
| Description: | Manly Council is hosting a ‘Residential Rebate Expo’ from 11am to 3pm on Saturday 26 September at the North Steyne Surf Club. The Residential Rebate expo will help home owners save money and the environment by installing modern, more cost-effective and environmentally friendly household installations eligible for rebates from the NSW and Federal Governments...
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CareFusion Manly Jazz Festival get underway this coming October 3-5 long-weekend |
| Date: | 10 Sep 2009 |
| Description: | The 32nd annual Manly Jazz Festival gets underway this coming October 3-5 long-weekend, featuring dozens of Australian and international jazz acts...
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Record number of entries as unique 24/7 Youth Film Festival goes on show |
| Date: | 8 Sep 2009 |
| Description: | Nearly 200 young Northern Beaches film-makers have entered a record 28 short films in this year’s 24/7 Youth Film Festival supported by Manly, Pittwater, Mosman and Warringah Councils as part of the 2009 Manly Arts Festival...
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Manly Scenic Walkway upgrade will complement ‘bush track’ style |
| Date: | 3 Sep 2009 |
| Description: | Manly Council is to undertake essential repair work on a section of the Manly Scenic Walkway between Castle Rock and Clontarf Beach, temporarily closing sections of the walking track for public safety reasons...
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Finally, World War Two ends for Japanese sailor Tsuzuku Maruyama and his family. |
| Date: | 1 Sep 2009 |
| Description: | The World War II diary of a Japanese Navy conscript, Tsuzuku Maruyama, who died while on active duty in New Guinea in 1942, has finally returned home to his native district of Azumino, being handed to surviving members of his family on 12 August 2009 - 64 years after the war ended...
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Acclaimed architect Richard Leplastrier launches 2009 Manly Arts Festival on 11 September |
| Date: | 31 Aug 2009 |
| Description: | The internationally acclaimed Australian architect Richard Leplastrier will make a rare public appearance to officially launch the 2009 Manly Arts Festival, at 6:00pm on Friday 11 September 2009 at the beautiful harbour-side Manly Art Gallery & Museum, on West Esplanade, Manly...
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‘Alhambra Cafe & Tapas Bar’ helps cook up a national celebration for Meals on Wheels |
| Date: | 20 Aug 2009 |
| Description: | Celebrated chef Aziz Bakalla of Manly’s Moorish-inspired ‘Alhambra Cafe & Tapas Bar’ will be teaming up with Manly Meals On Wheels volunteers to mark the service’s annual day of celebration on Wednesday 26 August 2009, recognising the efforts of Australia’s 80,000 Meals on Wheels volunteers...
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Special movie screening of ‘Home’. Green Up Your Life! Sustainable living workshops LAUNCH |
| Date: | 20 Aug 2009 |
| Description: | Manly Council’s 2009 ‘Green Up Your Life!’ Sustainable Living Workshops Series will be launched with a special screening of the inspiring documentary film ‘Home’ at the Manly Cinemas (43-45 East Esplanade, Manly) commencing at 6.30pm on Wednesday, 2 September 2009...
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Manly’s top home gardeners to be honoured in new competition. Prizes. |
| Date: | 14 Aug 2009 |
| Description: | Manly Council has announced a new ‘Beautiful Blooming Gardens’ competition, in order to showcase the best gardens in the Manly Area and publicly acknowledge the creativity and hard work of Manly’s most devoted gardeners...
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Tony Abbott, Anne Summers, a youth advocate, a crime fighter and a swaggie – all at Manly Library |
| Date: | 14 Aug 2009 |
| Description: | Senior Liberal Party figure Tony Abbott; groundbreaking feminist author and journalist Dr Anne Summers; youth advocate, lawyer and anti-poverty campaigner Heath Ducker; former front-line Cabramatta crime fighter and author, retired Detective Sergeant Tim Priest; and story-teller of pioneer Australia’s shearers’ unions and sheep station pastoralists Ron Thomas will provoke, inspire, challenge and entertain audiences at the Manly Library ‘Author Talk Series’ on five Wednesday evenings at 6.30pm over six weeks in August and September 2009...
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Manly Jazz Festival seeks volunteer helpers for exciting show business gig! |
| Date: | 13 Aug 2009 |
| Description: | If you love jazz and the excitement of show business, you’ll need to move quickly to be one of 75 volunteers being recruited by Manly Council to support the 2009 Manly Jazz Festival...
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Manly Council to host Vietnam Veteran’s Day commemoration on Tuesday 18 August 2009 |
| Date: | 13 Aug 2009 |
| Description: | The Deputy Mayor of Manly, Councillor Adele Heasman, will lead the wreath laying ceremony before members of the Northern Beaches National Servicemen’s Association at Manly Council’s 2009 Vietnam Veterans Remembrance Day service starting at 11.00am on Tuesday, 18 August 2009, at the Manly Cenotaph, corner of The Corso and Belgrave Street, Manly, directly opposite Manly Ferry Wharf...
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Manly Council gets the chop! |
| Date: | 12 Aug 2009 |
| Description: | Local Councils are usually trimming trees or trimming budgets but this week at Manly Council, it will be Council staff getting a trim...
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'Scandals, Crime and Corruption' will rock Manly during ‘History Week 2009’ |
| Date: | 11 Aug 2009 |
| Description: | If you love delving into great 'Scandals, Crime and Corruption', then get in early for this year’s free NSW History Council ‘History Week’ activities in Manly because bookings are filling quicker than a desk sergeant’s note-pad...
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Manly's Beautiful Blooming Gardens |
| Date: | 7 Aug 2009 |
| Description: | Manly Council is calling on all Green Thumbs in the area to get growing and submit their application for our inaugural "Beautiful BllomingGardens" Competition - applications close on Friday, September 11th 2009. |
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Paper Butterflies in Manly |
| Date: | 7 Aug 2009 |
| Description: | A beautiful collection of handcut paper butterflies will form a centrepeice for the launch of Manly Council's 2009 Arts Festival |
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Summer Days - an exhibition of holiday homes on the Northern Beaches |
| Date: | 7 Aug 2009 |
| Description: | The evolution of the icnoic Australian holiday home is captured in an exciting exhibition at Manly Council's Art Gallery and Museum. |
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Local Artists In Paradise... |
| Date: | 7 Aug 2009 |
| Description: | Local Artists from the Northern Beaches will take centre stage at Manly Council's Art Gallery and Museum in an upcoming exhibition aptly named "In Paradise". |
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Diary of WWII Sailor returned |
| Date: | 4 Aug 2009 |
| Description: | The wartime Diary of a Japanese sailor will begin its journey home with a historic ceremony at Manly Council |
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National Tree Day |
| Date: | 27 Jul 2009 |
| Description: | Manly residents called to join in National Tree Day planting campaign at Seaforth Oval |
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Low cost Community Lunches for seniors in the Seaforth / North Balgowlah area |
| Date: | 24 Jul 2009 |
| Description: | Manly Meals on Wheels is offering senior citizens nourishing three-course Community Lunches, including soup, barbecue with salad and dessert, for just six dollars at Manly Council’s smart, new Seaforth Oval Community Pavilion in Seaforth Oval on the first Monday of each month...
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Popular television vet Dr Katrina Warren to host 2009 Manly ‘Dogs Day Out’. Woof! |
| Date: | 20 Jul 2009 |
| Description: | Television veterinarian Dr Katrina Warren will be master of ceremonies at the 2009 Manly Council ‘Dogs Day Out’ event from 10:30am to 2:30pm, on Sunday 9 August 2009 at Clontarf Reserve (off Sandy Bay Road, Clontarf). Dr Katrina is the star of the of the popular Channel Seven family show ‘Harry's Practice’ and host of the New York based Animal Planet satellite and cable television show ‘Housecat Housecall’...
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Manly Council on-line survey invites ideas on future of Precinct Community Forums |
| Date: | 16 Jul 2009 |
| Description: | Manly Council is urging the public to take part in an ‘on line’ survey to get suggestions on improving its unique community consultation system, the Manly Precinct Community Forums...
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Acclaimed architect Richard Leplastrier launches 2009 Manly Arts Festival on 11 September. |
| Date: | 15 Jul 2009 |
| Description: | The internationally acclaimed Australian architect Richard Leplastrier will make a rare public appearance to officially launch the 2009 Manly Arts Festival, at 6:00pm on Friday 11 September 2009 at the beautiful harbour-side Manly Art Gallery & Museum, on West Esplanade, Manly...
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New multi-million-dollar project will bring Manly’s decade-long ocean-side upgrade to fruition |
| Date: | 13 Jul 2009 |
| Description: | Manly Council has commenced more than $3,000,000 worth of new work on the final, fourth stage of a ten-year program of landscape improvements alongside Sydney’s famous Manly Beach to complete the first comprehensive upgrade of the iconic beachfront recreation zone since the 1930s, as well as providing vital, long term coastal protection for local property owners by stabilising Manly’s century-old sea wall...
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1,000,000 ‘Hop, Skip & Jump’ bus passengers – 30 times Manly’s population in three years! |
| Date: | 6 Jul 2009 |
| Description: | Manly Council and NRMA Motoring & Services are proud to announce the one millionth passenger to ride Manly’s free seven-day-a- week ‘Hop Skip and Jump Community Bus’ service. Mother-of-three Melissa Mills received a $500 Coles Group & Myer Gift Card courtesy of NRMA Motoring & Services at a special presentation at Manly Town Hall on Monday 6 July 2009...
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Manly Council launches a handy, free guide to Sydney’s most spectacular playgrounds! |
| Date: | 3 Jul 2009 |
| Description: | Parents, grand-parents and others caring for children ranging in age from toddlers to teenagers will delight in Manly Council’s nifty new, free, fold-out map and guide to the 31 Council-owned children’s playgrounds dotting the seaside municipality, including playgrounds with some of the most spectacular ocean and harbour views in the Sydney metropolitan area...
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New Dawn for Kimbriki |
| Date: | 2 Jul 2009 |
| Description: | Warringah, Pittwater, Manly and Mosman Councils have signed historic agreements to form a corporation to operate the Kimbriki Recycling and Waste Disposal Centre at Terrey Hills...
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Free, supervised school holiday fun for kids at Manly Library this July! |
| Date: | 1 Jul 2009 |
| Description: | Manly Library has put together a fun, challenging, action-packed, cost-free school holiday programme that will delight young people, and take some of that school holiday pressure off parents, too...
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The Incomplete Original: an exhibition of new work by Rhonda Dee |
| Date: | 1 Jul 2009 |
| Description: | An exhibition of new work by artist Rhonda Dee titled ‘The Incomplete Original’ opens in the Access Gallery of Manly Art Gallery & Museum (running concurrently with the ‘Multiple Visions’ exhibition of artists/custom printers Charles Arnot, Michael Kempson and Paul Smith)...
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Multiple Visions: an exhibition about the artist as Master Printer |
| Date: | 1 Jul 2009 |
| Description: | Manly Art Gallery & Museum is delighted to present the work of artists/custom printers Charles Arnot, Michael Kempson and Paul Smith in ‘Multiple Visions: An exhibition about the Artist as Master Printer’, investigating the special and interesting relationship that arises from collaborations between the artist and printer ‘giving their all’ to produce one work of art...
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Manly Library calls for JPs to join its vital volunteer team. |
| Date: | 29 Jun 2009 |
| Description: | Manly Library, situated in Market Place behind The Corso, is hoping to recruit volunteer Justices of the Peace to help deal with an increasing number of community requests for the services of a Justice of the Peace (JP)...
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Douglas Fairbanks thrills as The Gaucho marks his man - and pampas a few señoritas, too! |
| Date: | 16 Jun 2009 |
| Description: | Douglas Fairbanks, the swashbuckling, energetic, ever-grinning silent-movie hero of The Mark of Zorro, The Three Musketeers, Robin Hood, The Thief of Baghdad, The Black Pirate and The Iron Mask will be seen at a special screening of The Gaucho (1927) at Manly Library at 6.30pm on Wednesday 8 July 2009...
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Record Manly Food & Wine Festival attendance saw record waste diversion, too! |
| Date: | 12 Jun 2009 |
| Description: | Manly Council’s waste minimisation strategy for the 2009 Manly Food & Wine Festival has resulted in a record 12.51 tonnes of waste being diverted away from landfill to recycling, representing more than 85 per cent of the total waste generated by the more than 30,000 - 40,000 people who attended to two day event held over Saturday and Sunday, 6 and 7 June 2009...
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Manly Sustainability Fair – ‘Green Up Your Life!’ |
| Date: | 4 Jun 2009 |
| Description: | The 2009 Manly Sustainability Fair, featuring an extensive range of exhibits and workshops on sustainable living, shopping, gardening and building, will be held in conjunction with the 2009 Manly Food & Wine Festival over the weekend of Saturday 6 June & Sunday 7 June 2009 in the Manly Council Chambers Forecourt, opposite Manly Wharf...
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Catch Manly’s ‘Hop, Skip & Jump’ bus soon – and win a $500 Coles Group & Myer Gift Card! |
| Date: | 27 May 2009 |
| Description: | Passengers riding Manly’s free seven-day-a-week ‘Hop Skip and Jump Bus’ over the next few weeks are in the running for a $500 Coles Group & Myer Gift Card courtesy of NRMA Motoring & Services...
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Northern Beaches councils join forces to combat anti-social behaviour |
| Date: | 25 May 2009 |
| Description: | Manly, Pittwater and Warringah Councils are joining forces with their counterparts at Randwick, Sutherland and Waverley to take a coordinated stand against alcohol-related violence and anti-social behaviour in seaside hotspots and have developed a proposal seeking changes by the State Government to combat the problem...
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Leading Aboriginal chef, Mark Olive, at free Guringai Festival cooking event |
| Date: | 25 May 2009 |
| Description: | Aboriginal artists and crafts-persons of every kind, including painters, musicians, storytellers and singers, performance and multi-media artists, indeed a whole range of creative spirits committed to contemporary indigenous Australian culture have joined together to present the most fun-filled and friendly event of 2009, The Guringai Festival, celebrating Aboriginal culture and heritage...
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Treasure Hunt Pyjama Party will be a kids reading adventure at Manly Library! |
| Date: | 19 May 2009 |
| Description: | Manly Library and Humphreys Newsagency are teaming up with Fairlight-based author Karen Robertson to present an exciting, free children’s Treasure Hunt Pyjama Party and Family Evening on Monday, May 25 (6:30pm - 7.30pm) at Manly Library, 1 Market Place, Manly |
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IDAHO comes to Manly – fighting homophobia with cupcakes and facts |
| Date: | 11 May 2009 |
| Description: | Manly Council, Manly Youth Council and GL@M (Gays and Lesbians at Manly) are hosting a ‘Rainbow Morning Tea’ to mark International Day Against Homophobia (IDAHO) and to celebrate diversity within the Manly Community, from 11am 1pm on Sunday 17 May 2009 on the forecourt of Manly Council Chambers (opposite Manly Ferry Wharf), 1 Belgrave Street...
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Volunteers needed to help ‘Grease at the beach’ show organisers |
| Date: | 6 May 2009 |
| Description: | The producers of the ‘Grease at the Beach’ fund-raising spectacular are looking for volunteers to help supervise the show’s important audience park-and-ride service from Balgowlah Boys High School on Maretimo Street - and to then watch the show for free...
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Manly’s 23rd annual Food & Wine Festival celebrates our Ocean Beachfront lifestyle |
| Date: | 1 May 2009 |
| Description: | The 23rd annual Manly Food and Wine Festival, featuring stalls operated by 29 of Sydney’s top names in food and wine, will stretch along Manly’s incomparable Ocean Beachfront and then down The Corso with attractions as far as Manly Town Hall (opposite the Ferry Wharf) on the Saturday and Sunday, 6-7 June 2009 weekend between 11:30am and 5pm each day...
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‘Love in the Age of Drought’ – Author gives free talk about how romance changed life forever |
| Date: | 27 Apr 2009 |
| Description: | Despite her best efforts at not falling in love, a beautiful young woman focussed on climbing the corporate ladder in Sydney gets caught up in a whirlwind romance with a bluff, no-nonsense farmer from outback Queensland...
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Innovative playground concept caters to young people up to teenage years! |
| Date: | 27 Apr 2009 |
| Description: | In a first for the Northern Beaches, Manly Council is to launch an imaginative new playground mainly suited to older children aged from eight up to 15 years, one of a series of creative Council projects bringing major improvements to the popular Seaforth Oval recreation grounds...
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Leading RAN counter terrorism and mine warfare expert to address Manly Anzac Day ceremony |
| Date: | 21 Apr 2009 |
| Description: | One of the most distinguished officers of the Royal Australian Navy serving recently in the Middle East, Lieutenant Commander Ashley Shanks, Officer in Command of the Royal Australian Navy Diving School at HMAS Penguin on Middle Head in Sydney Harbour, will be special guest speaker at Manly Council’s 2009 Anzac Day Commemoration & Wreath Laying Ceremony...
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Renowned expert on water recycling to speak in Manly |
| Date: | 21 Apr 2009 |
| Description: | One of Australia’s most active, informed and widely acknowledged advocates for water recycling, Jennifer Simpson, will give her award winning presentation on water management issues and how they affect our lives in a free event hosted by the Manly Environment Centre at the Manly Art Gallery & Museum, on West Esplanade near Manly Ocean World on Saturday 2nd May between 2.00pm and 4.00pm...
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Manly Fair Trade Markets: celebrating the bounty of the Pacific - and Mothers’ Day! |
| Date: | 20 Apr 2009 |
| Description: | Gorgeous last-minute Mothers’ Day gift opportunities ranging from jewellery and fashion items to chocolate and delectable organic foods and lots of other exciting goodies will be on offer at Manly Council’s next Fair Trade Market at Manly Council Chambers Forecourt on Saturday 9 May 2009, which is also World Fair Trade Day...
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Food & Wine Festival volunteers wanted to help reduce waste to landfill by 80 percent |
| Date: | 20 Apr 2009 |
| Description: | Manly Council is recruiting environmentally concerned volunteers to assist in reducing the amount of waste to landfill generated by the hugely popular Manly Food & Wine Festival, held this year over the weekend of Saturday and Sunday, 6-7 June 2009...
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Manly Council and RTA crack down on speeding in Manly |
| Date: | 14 Apr 2009 |
| Description: | Manly Council and the NSW Roads & Traffic Authority (RTA) are combining forces for a road safety campaign to reduce speeding in the local streets in the Manly area...
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Wallet sized information card will help Manly revellers and entertainment patrons home safely |
| Date: | 3 Apr 2009 |
| Description: | A business-card sized, concertina-fold ‘Late Night Transport Wallet Card’ designed to discourage drink driving, to encourage hotel and entertainment venue patrons plan their night out safely, and to assist them travel safely home from Manly on all evenings of the week is to be launched by Manly Council on Thursday, 9 April, 2009...
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The feuding restaurants on Manly's public Corso strip have officially been told to pack up |
| Date: | 31 Mar 2009 |
| Description: | The feuding restaurants on Manly’s Public Corso strip have officially been told to pack up their things with Manly Council issuing both establishments with a notice which revokes their approvals for outdoor dining...
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Calling all young people in Manly to make a real difference! Join the Manly Youth Council |
| Date: | 30 Mar 2009 |
| Description: | Manly Youth Council, which provides a voice for young people in our community, involving them in decision making and in vital community consultation, is seeking Expressions of Interest from young people aged 14 to 21 living in the Manly area who would like to become Youth Council Members and assist in making activities and services in Manly relevant and accessible for young people.
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Surf, Skate & Slam - celebrate National Youth Week! |
| Date: | 26 Mar 2009 |
| Description: | Manly Council in conjunction with Manly Youth Council will be celebrating National Youth Week by hosting a combined surf competition, skate competition and an “after event” band night at Manly Youth Centre...
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Selfless volunteer and Community Aid Group honoured with 2009 Frank McAskill awards |
| Date: | 23 Mar 2009 |
| Description: | Mona Vale resident Mrs Edna Todd, a former supporter of the African National Congress and a tireless volunteer on behalf of the Northern Beaches’ elderly, has been presented with the Frank McAskill Awards’ individual trophy for 2008/2009...
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Manly Council urges community to support ‘Earth Hour’ |
| Date: | 23 Mar 2009 |
| Description: | In celebration of Earth Hour 2009, Manly Council will again be urging Manly residents and businesses to ‘cast their vote for the Earth’ by turning off their lights for an hour (8.30pm – 9.30pm, 28 March 2009)...
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New Ivanhoe Park Fragrant Garden will delight vision impaired nature lovers |
| Date: | 10 Mar 2009 |
| Description: | People with vision impairment will be among those benefiting most from Manly Council’s delightful new Ivanhoe Park Fragrant Garden (accessible from Sydney Road, Raglan Street or Park Avenue), to be formally opened by the Mayor of Manly, Councillor Jean Hay, and Convenor of the Manly Warringah Visually Impaired Support Group, Mr Robert Hinds, at 2.30pm Tuesday 17 March 2009...
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Interactive demographic research tools at Manly website will delight students, businesses |
| Date: | 9 Mar 2009 |
| Description: | Members of the public will now have easy access to two new online Manly Community Profile and Manly Community Atlas tools research tools that will provide accurate socio-demographic information about the Manly area. The tools are sure to delight demographers, social researchers, businesses, investors, students and members of the public who are interested in the diverse make up of the Manly community...
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Manly Council gives the youth of East Timor a Sporting Chance |
| Date: | 27 Feb 2009 |
| Description: | It’s not quite the equivalent of running on to the field of the Olympic Games but for the young people in the region of Oecusse in East Timor, it’s the next best thing. The Youth in Action Green Games 2009 will see more than 800 young people take part in six weeks of sporting competition across five sports and this year, there will be a distinctly Northern Beaches presence....
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International Women’s Day speaker triumphed over daunting obstacles despite blindness |
| Date: | 24 Feb 2009 |
| Description: | One of Australia’s most inspiring women, Paralympic and world champion tandem cyclist Ms Lindy Hou OAM, will be guest speaker at Manly Council’s 2009 International Women’s Day breakfast event on Friday 6 March 2009, being held at Manly Golf Club.
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Manly’s new Famers Market an immediate success, adding to value and ambience |
| Date: | 19 Feb 2009 |
| Description: | Manly Council is proclaiming the new Manly Farmers’ Market in the Short Street Plaza an immediate success after its first day’s trading last Saturday, 14 February 2009...
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2009 Retirement Housing Guide Now Available |
| Date: | 18 Feb 2009 |
| Description: | Manly, Warringah and Pittwater Councils today released an updated 2009 Retirement Housing Guide for Older Residents. The Guide contains information about local retirement villages and aged care facilities, plus details about alternative accommodation options and services...
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Manly Community Prayer Gathering for Communities of the Victorian bushfires |
| Date: | 18 Feb 2009 |
| Description: | A special Manly Community Prayer Gathering will be held in the Manly Council Chambers forecourt on Saturday, 21 February, 2009, from 7.00pm to about 7:45 pm, after Council’s regular Saturday at Sunset free entertainment program...
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Do you know how to protect your home during a bush fire? |
| Date: | 18 Feb 2009 |
| Description: | Hot, dry winds may be the first sign that the bush fire season is returning. Your ability to protect your home during a bush fire will depend strongly on preparation before the event...
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$16,500 raised for Victoria Bushfire victims |
| Date: | 18 Feb 2009 |
| Description: | The generosity and compassion of Manly residents was on display on Saturday (14 February) as Manly Council Councillors, Council staff and volunteers took up a ‘bucket collection’ to raise thousands of dollars in support of the Salvation Army’s national Victorian bushfire appeal from among patrons...
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Manly Council cuts water consumption by 55 per cent – two years ahead of schedule |
| Date: | 27 Jan 2009 |
| Description: | Manly Council successfully reduced its total annual organisational water consumption by 55 per cent between 2000/01 and 2007/08, based on figures released from Sydney Water. ..
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Community high achievers honoured in Manly’s 2009 Australia Day awards |
| Date: | 26 Jan 2009 |
| Description: | Bob Smith, former President of the Manly Chamber of Commerce and widely respected local business and civic leader and philanthropist, is to be officially named Manly Council’s 2009 ‘Citizen of the Year’ at Manly’s Australia Day Celebrations being held this year on the beautiful, recently upgraded Manly Town Hall forecourt area at the corner of Belgrave Street and The Corso, opposite Manly Ferry Wharf, from 8.00am to 11.00am, Monday 26 January 2009.
The Mayor of Manly, Councillor Jean Hay, will present Manly Council’s 2009 ‘Young Citizen of the Year’ award to 18-year-old Mitchell Garth, out-going College Captain at St Paul’s College; and the ‘Community Event of the Year’ award to the 2008 Manly Sea Eagles Victory Parade, presented to Sea Eagles Captain and Dally M medallist Matt Orford representing the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles NRL Rugby League club...
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Website launch ensures legendary Australian art teacher and artist to get worldwide exposure at last! |
| Date: | 14 Jan 2009 |
| Description: | Antonio Dattilo-Rubbo (1870 -1955), one of Australia’s most important art educators and a major Australian artist in his own right will now receive the greater public acknowledgement he so richly deserves thanks to a new website at www.antoniodattilorubbo.com.au detailing the story of his life, his career, his art and displaying previously unknown photographic material.
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Australia Day returns to the heart of Manly |
| Date: | 8 Jan 2009 |
| Description: | Sea Eagles Captain and Dally M medallist Matt Orford will be a special guest , and popular radio presenter, journalist and author, Tim Shaw, will be the official Australia Day Ambassador appearing at Manly’s Australia Day Celebrations being held this year on the beautiful, recently upgraded Manly Town Hall forecourt area at the corner of Belgrave Street and The Corso, opposite Manly Ferry Wharf, from 8.00am to 11.00am, Monday 26 January 2009...
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Seeing red over litter, Manly’s ‘LitterGuard’ beach patrols recommence |
| Date: | 8 Jan 2009 |
| Description: | Litterbugs will be on ‘red alert’ this summer as Manly Council’s bright red-uniformed volunteer ‘LitterGuard’ beach patrol officers re-commence duty for the season...
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Worried about power bills? Time to hand in your old, second fridge to Santa! |
| Date: | 8 Jan 2009 |
| Description: | Manly Council is calling on residents to take advantage of the NSW Government Energy Savings Fund’s popular ‘Fridge Buy Back’ program to get rid of old, inefficient and environmentally damaging second fridges...
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Free family entertainment every ‘Saturday at Sunset’ in Manly |
| Date: | 30 Dec 2008 |
| Description: | ‘Saturdays at Sunset’, evenings of free public entertainment including live bands, dancing, interactive disco, a celebrity chef, community karaoke and a ‘meet and greet’ with Dora the Explorer will be presented between 5pm and 8pm on Saturdays commencing on 3rd January to the end of April 2009 in a variety of community engaging programs...
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The Beach: beautiful one moment, deadly the next |
| Date: | 22 Dec 2008 |
| Description: | Too often, Australians’ love affair with the surf and the beach can turn quickly to tragedy. In the summer months, for example, somebody in Australia drowns in an ocean rip every 2-3 days.
To help keep people safe on its beaches this summer, Manly Council is hosting an informative and entertaining free public presentation titled ‘Science of the Surf’ from 6.00pm - 7.30pm on Wednesday 28th January 2009 at Manly-Fairlight Scout Hall, Ivanhoe Park, Manly (entrance off Park Avenue)...
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Revel without a pause - at Manly’s New Year family fireworks fun and frolic |
| Date: | 16 Dec 2008 |
| Description: | Manly Council will present family fun New Year’s Eve celebrations between 6.00pm and 9.00pm on 31 December 2008...
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North Steyne and Little Manly Beaches sweep ‘Clean Beach Challenge’ awards |
| Date: | 5 Dec 2008 |
| Description: | North Steyne Beach has been judged the best overall beach in New South Wales as well as winning three other awards at the Keep Australia Beautiful NSW ‘Clean Beach Challenge’ awards ceremony held on Friday 5th December at the Taronga Centre in Mosman...
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Nici Andronicus ‘Fair Trade Fashion Show’ will be Christmas gift-hunters life saver |
| Date: | 2 Dec 2008 |
| Description: | Eye-popping international modern-pentathlon sensation Nici Andronicus will host a free-to-the-public fashion show modelled by Manly Surf Life Savers this Saturday 6 December on Manly Wharf forecourt, the show kicking off at 12.30pm promptly, as just one highlight of Manly Council’s latest Fair Trade Market...
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Bringing a fairer Christmas to Manly. Gift ideas that bring pleasure, fun - and hope. |
| Date: | 28 Nov 2008 |
| Description: | Just in time for Christmas shopping, Manly Council’s next Fair Trade Market at Manly Wharf (9am - 4pm on Saturday 6 December) will likely be the biggest, most exciting to date with 40 Fair Trade stallholders featuring loads of beautiful, highly distinctive gift ideas...
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The Manly Christmas Choral Concert |
| Date: | 27 Nov 2008 |
| Description: | Manly Council invites you to join us at our spectacular and joyous 2008 Manly Christmas Choral Concert with free entry to our community at Manly Oval on Sydney Road on Thursday 11 December with the gates opening at 5:00pm and the concert from 6:30pm until 8:30pm...
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Free workshop on sustainable, healthy, organic eating |
| Date: | 27 Nov 2008 |
| Description: | Manly Council and the prize-winning Manly Food Coop are teaming up to present a free ‘Sustainable & Healthy Eating Workshop’ on Monday, 1st December at 9.45am for 10am - 12pm at the Manly Food Coop located at 21B Whistler Street, Manly NSW 2095.
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Manly restaurants and food businesses go to top of the class for hygiene and safety |
| Date: | 25 Nov 2008 |
| Description: | Manly Council environmental health officers have been delighted by the positive response of Manly food businesses to an innovative food safety awareness program that has resulted in a:
· 73 percent increase in knowledge by food service providers regarding important food safety laws and food standards codes, and a
· 20 percent increase in the number of food shops passing routine food safety inspections....
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‘Stuart Somerville Bridge’ will commemorate much-loved sporting and community figure |
| Date: | 25 Nov 2008 |
| Description: | A ceremony to officially re-name the former Queenscliff Bridge (which crosses Manly Lagoon linking Manly and Warringah municipalities at North Steyne) as the ‘Stuart Somerville Bridge’ in honour of a much-loved and sadly missed Northern Beaches humanitarian, environmentalist and sporting identity, will take place on the Manly side of the bridge (corner of Cameron Avenue & Bridge Road) at 10.00am of Friday 28 November, 2008...
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Watch your ‘Waste-Line’ at National Recycling Week celebrations at Manly Beach! |
| Date: | 18 Nov 2008 |
| Description: | Manly Council’s 2008 National Recycling Week ‘Sea ‘n’ Summer’ celebrations got underway on Sunday 16 November with a fun filled Northern Beaches Junior Surf Carnival at Manly Beach (directly opposite The Corso)...
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‘You will be stopped for a Random Breath Test’ – Police, Councils warn. |
| Date: | 17 Nov 2008 |
| Description: | Manly, Warringah and Pittwater Councils are joining with local pubs, the NSW Roads & Traffic Authority (RTA), Northern Beaches Highway Patrol and local Police in a new campaign warning pub patrons that they will be stopped for a Police Random Breath Test...
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Young people in Manly were hungry for change in 1968 - and ‘Yes, they did!’ |
| Date: | 17 Nov 2008 |
| Description: | It was November, 1968. The world was hungry for change. Political upheaval was sweeping America, Europe and Australia. And a world-wide revolution in social consciousness saw young people in vast numbers speaking their minds like never before. Sound familiar?...
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Sydney’s Northern Beaches are outraged at the State Government’s announcement that JetCat is scrapped |
| Date: | 12 Nov 2008 |
| Description: | Political leaders and commuters on Sydney’s Northern Beaches are outraged at the State Government’s announcement that the high speed ferry service between Manly and the Circular Quay is to be scrapped.
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Manly community condemns State Labour sell-off of Seaforth TAFE site |
| Date: | 12 Nov 2008 |
| Description: | Manly Council has roundly condemned the NSW State Government’s announcement that it intends to sell off the valuable Seaforth TAFE college site to property developers...
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Hundreds of commuters join the fight to save Manly’s high speed JetCat service |
| Date: | 7 Nov 2008 |
| Description: | Hundreds of commuters from the Northern Beaches have already joined the fight to save Manly’s high speed JetCat service...
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Manly kids blitz ‘2008 Kool Skools’ music and multi-media awards |
| Date: | 30 Oct 2008 |
| Description: | Manly Youth Council members have taken out five music awards, including the overall award as New South Wales’s “Koolest Skool” at the 2008 NSW Kool Skools Awards, competing against some 40 bands from schools and youth services across NSW.
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Manly’s Remembrance Day ceremony will commemorate another twelve lives lost |
| Date: | 30 Oct 2008 |
| Description: | The blessing and dedication of the twelve names of airmen, soldiers and sailors newly inscribed on The Manly Anzac Memorial will remind us again of the frightful human cost of war at this year’s Manly Council Remembrance Day ceremony being held at the Manly Cenotaph, corner of Belgrave Street and The Corso, from 10.50am on Tuesday 11 November, 2008...
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Prize money and prestige up for grabs in 2008 Manly Sustainable Business Awards program |
| Date: | 30 Oct 2008 |
| Description: | Manly Council is inviting nominations for its 2008 Manly Sustainable Business Awards to promote corporate responsibility within the local business sector and provide community recognition for outstanding social, environmental and economically sustainable business practices...
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Local Government Conference backs Manly proposals on climate change and kids road safety |
| Date: | 28 Oct 2008 |
| Description: | The 2008 Local Government Association of NSW Annual Conference underway in Broken Hill until 29 October has adopted two resolutions drafted by Manly Council, dealing separately with the effects of carbon emissions on climate change (submitted by Councillor Cathy Griffin); and improving road conditions near childcare centres and kindergartens (submitted by Manly Deputy Mayor, Councillor Adele Heasman). |
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Kids will hold ‘reverse trick-or-treat’ to help stamp out child labour horror |
| Date: | 27 Oct 2008 |
| Description: | Students from schools in the Manly area will be taking part in a special ‘Reverse Trick-Or-Treat’ with a sobering purpose, to expose the brutality of child labour in the cocoa industry, between 12.30pm - 1.30pm this Thursday 30 October on The Corso.
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Join ‘Dancing with the Stars’ celebrities on The Corso in free Sunday floor shows! |
| Date: | 24 Oct 2008 |
| Description: | The excitement, glamour, glitz and fun of television’s ‘Dancing With The Stars’ will be on display in two spectacular floor shows, featuring Latin, Salsa and Ballroom dancing styles performed by Australia's slickest professional dancers, free to the public on Manly’s Corso piazza between 11.00am and 2.00pm on Sunday 9 November 2008...
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Library Halloween street party and Manly CBD stores ‘trick or treat’ – spooky but safe |
| Date: | 20 Oct 2008 |
| Description: | A singing skeleton, a fortune-teller, a magician, a haunted ‘photo booth’, the chance to dress up in weird costumes, really scary songs, a juke-box, lots of dancing and more Halloween fun than you can poke a witch’s broom-stick at feature in Manly Library’s annual Halloween Street Party which will get underway from 5.00pm on Friday 31 October 2008, in Market Place, Manly...
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Living with Bandicoots – free teaching resources and talk by leading university expert |
| Date: | 16 Oct 2008 |
| Description: | Manly residents and school teachers interested in helping protect Manly’s endangered population of Longnosed Bandicoots will benefit from a free talk by leading ecology expert, Dr Peter Banks of the University of New South Wales, to be held on Saturday 18 October between 2 and 4 pm at the Manly Art Gallery & Museum, West Esplanade Reserve (near OceanWorld)...
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Sustainable living expert to feature in free ‘Eco Living & Eco Gardening’’ workshop |
| Date: | 9 Oct 2008 |
| Description: | A free workshop at Kimbriki Recycling & Waste Disposal Centre titled ‘Intro to Eco Living & Eco Gardening’ is being offered to members of the community interested in learning about environmentally sustainable living practices....
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Do you love to sing? How about performing before a major Symphony Orchestra, then? |
| Date: | 3 Oct 2008 |
| Description: | Men and women, and boys and girls who love singing in choirs have a unique opportunity to perform with the combined Wollongong Symphony Orchestra and the Northern Beaches Youth Orchestra as part of Manly Council’s 2008 ‘Christmas Choral Concert’ spectacular to be held this year at Manly Oval.
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Manly Council grants give valuable assistance to local community and cultural groups. |
| Date: | 16 Sep 2008 |
| Description: | From chamber music to sailing and creative workshops for people with a disability – Manly Council has announced 23 separate grants of amounts up to $1,500 to support local community and cultural groups...
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Manly Jazz Festival seeks volunteer helpers for exciting show business gig! |
| Date: | 16 Sep 2008 |
| Description: | If you love jazz and the excitement of show business, you’ll need to move quick to be one of 50 volunteers being recruited by Manly Council to support the 2008 Manly Jazz Festival...
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Quarantine Conundrums, Controversies and Cases: Linking Manly to the World. |
| Date: | 9 Sep 2008 |
| Description: | In association with the Manly Arts Festival, medical historian Professor Alison Bashford will present a fascinating free public lecture exploring the way Manly’s iconic Quarantine Station has linked Manly to the rest of the world through its role as a gateway to Sydney.
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Manly Council’s information evening on award winning Climate Change Plan |
| Date: | 1 Sep 2008 |
| Description: | A plan for the future aimed at safeguarding Manly residents from the physical and financial impacts of climate change has snared one of the top honours at the Stormwater Industry Association of NSW Awards.
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2008 Manly Jazz Festival will feature jazz legends from near and far, most free of charge |
| Date: | 1 Sep 2008 |
| Description: | One of America’s most respected and admired jazz musicians and music educators, the great Wycliffe Gordon, will be a special guest performer at the 2008 Manly Jazz Festival which gets underway this coming October 4-6 long-weekend, featuring dozens of Australian and international jazz acts, most performing free to the public. |
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Worried about global warming and power bills? Then hand in your old, second fridge! |
| Date: | 20 Aug 2008 |
| Description: | Manly Council has announced the return of the NSW Government Energy Savings Fund’s popular ‘Fridge Buy Back’ program in Manly to get old, inefficient and environmentally damaging second fridges out of local residences in the Manly Council area.
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Mayor Macdonald has a Farm at Manly’s Fair Trade Markets! |
| Date: | 14 Aug 2008 |
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