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JOHN'S MOLONG BLOG: 29 MARCH 2017 A HUGE WEEK IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT It's only Wednesday but already it's been a huge week in local government. First came the news that Ku-ring-gai Council had won its appeal against amalgamating with Hornsby. And then, the bombshell resignation by three Cabonne Councillors (see http://molong.com.au/government/local/ WEDNESDAY 29 MARCH WEATHER FORECAST Molong: 31ºC max; shower Orange: 29ºC max; possible shower developing Sydney: 29ºC max; partly cloudy WHAT'S HAPPENING TODAY — WEDNESDAY 29 MARCH Soldiers on Riddell Bistro — Molong RSL Club, 22-24 Gidley St, Molong — lunch noon-2pm; dinner 6-9pm — phone 6366 8105 — Facebook: www.facebook.com/MolongRSLClub/?fref=ts Bingo — Molong RSL Club, 22-24 Gidley St, Molong — phone 6366 8105 — noon — Facebook: www.facebook.com/MolongRSLClub/?fref=ts Hump Day Happy Hour — noon-1pm and 4-5pm — Telegraph Hotel, 53 Bank St, Molong — phone 6366 8095 — Facebook: www.facebook.com/The-Telegraph-Hotel-Molong-1292919920737395/?fref=ts WHAT'S HAPPENING TOMORROW THURSDAY 30 MARCH Community playgroup — 10am to noon — Cabonne/Blayney Family Day Care Office, 103 Bank St, Molong (next to council chambers) — gold-coin donation covers tea and coffee, craft resources and provision of toys — phone 6392 3219. Soldiers on Riddell Bistro — Molong RSL Club, 22-24 Gidley St, Molong — lunch noon-2pm; dinner 6-9pm — phone 6366 8105 — Facebook: www.facebook.com/MolongRSLClub/?fref=ts Molong Historical Museum, Cnr Gidley St & Riddell St, Molong (opposite RSL Club) — phone Sue Milne on 6362 8960 or 0400 425 015 — museum open 11am-3.30pm. Lily's Asian Restaurant — Molong Bowling Club, Euchareena Rd, Molong — phone 6366 8105 — 5.30-8.30pm — All-you-can-eat buffet $13.80 — Western and Asian food. Molong Men’s Shed — rear, 114 Bank St, Molong — phone Alan Barnes 6366 8514 — members gather from 9am to about 3.30pm LOOKING FORWARD TO THE WEEKEND Friday 31 March FEATURE EVENT — Orange FOOD Week — various venues in Orange and district, including Cabonne — Visit http://orangefoodweek.com.au. FEATURE EVENT — Orange FOOD Week Night Market — Robertson Park, Orange, 5.30-8.30pm — Stalls representing the region's best chefs, cooks, caterers, providores, winemakers, etc — Part of Orange FOOD Week — Visit http://orangefoodweek.com.au. Soldiers on Riddell Bistro — Molong RSL Club, 22-24 Gidley St, Molong — lunch noon-2pm; dinner 6-9pm — phone 6366 8105 — Facebook: www.facebook.com/MolongRSLClub/?fref=ts Molong RSL Club, 22-24 Gidley St, Molong — phone 6366 8105 — from 6.30pm — Twenty $20 vouchers to be won, plus $1000 Members’ Cash Draw — Free jukebox from 8pm — Facebook: www.facebook.com/MolongRSLClub/?fref=ts Lily's Asian Restaurant — Molong Bowling Club, Euchareena Rd, Molong — phone 6366 8105 — 5.30-8.30pm — All-you-can-eat buffet $13.80 — Western and Asian food. Saturday 1 April FEATURE EVENT — Orange FOOD Week — various venues in Orange and district, including Cabonne. Visit http://orangefoodweek.com.au. Fermented food and drink workshops — Habitat Vineyard, 329 Old Canobolas Rd, Nashdale, 9am-3pm — sourdough, kimchi, sauerkraut, milk and water kefirs — $80 per head — phone 0403 811 985— Part of Orange FOOD Week — Visit http://orangefoodweek.com.au. Cumulus Pop-Up Cellar Door — Wentworth Golf Club, 130 Ploughmans Lane, Orange, 10am-3.30pm — bubbles, band and local tasting plate — $10, phone 6361 4505 — Part of Orange FOOD Week — Visit http://orangefoodweek.com.au. Pym Street Markets, 9am-1pm — 3 Pym St, Millthorpe — Phone 0429 721 266 — Visit www.millthorpevillage.com.au/events-venues/pym-street-markets Moorbel Hall Markets, 8am-noon — Moorbel Hall, Auxiliary St, Canowindra — Phone Michael on 0427 442 078. Live music — Agrestic Grocer , 426 Molong Road, Orange — noon-3pm — phone 6360 4604 Soldiers on Riddell Bistro — Molong RSL Club, 22-24 Gidley St, Molong — lunch noon-2pm; dinner 6-9pm — phone 6366 8105 — Facebook: www.facebook.com/MolongRSLClub/?fref=ts Bingo — Molong RSL Club, 22-24 Gidley St, Molong — phone 6366 8105 — 1pm — Facebook: www.facebook.com/MolongRSLClub/?fref=ts Saturday night badge draw, 7.30-8pm — $$$$ — Giant meat tray and vouchers — Molong Bowling Club, Euchareena Rd, Molong — phone 6366 8105. Lily's Asian Restaurant — Molong Bowling Club, Euchareena Rd, Molong — phone 6366 8105 — 5.30-8.30pm — All-you-can-eat buffet $13.80 — Western and Asian food. Four on the 4loor, 8pm — Victoria Hotel, Summer Street, Orange — Phone 02 6362 3365 — free show from four live bands. Sunday 2 April FEATURE EVENT — Orange FOOD Week — various venues in Orange and district, including Cabonne. Visit http://orangefoodweek.com.au. Fermented food and drink workshops — Habitat Vineyard, 329 Old Canobolas Rd, Nashdale, 9am-3pm — sourdough, kimchi, sauerkraut, milk and water kefirs — $80 per head — phone 0403 811 985— Part of Orange FOOD Week — Visit http://orangefoodweek.com.au. Cumulus Pop-Up Cellar Door — Wentworth Golf Club, 130 Ploughmans Lane, Orange, 10am-3.30pm — bubbles, band and local tasting plate — $10, phone 6361 4505 — Part of Orange FOOD Week — Visit http://orangefoodweek.com.au. Sunday Session — Molong RSL Club, 22-24 Gidley St, Molong — from 1pm — bistro special, meat raffles, $500 cash draws — phone 6366 8105 — Facebook: www.facebook.com/MolongRSLClub/?fref=ts Soldiers on Riddell Bistro — Molong RSL Club, 22-24 Gidley St, Molong — long lunch noon-4pm — phone 6366 8105 — Facebook: www.facebook.com/MolongRSLClub/?fref=ts Live music — Agrestic Grocer , 426 Molong Road, Orange — noon-3pm — phone 6360 4604 Sunday Acoustic Sessions — Orange Ex–services Club, 243 Anson Street, Orange — 1- 4pm — 6362 2666. FEATURE EXHIBITION — Jayes Gallery (http://jayes.gallery) — 33 Gidley St, Molong — phone 6366 9093 — Michael Carroll, Tropics and the Fourth Wall — Until 9 April — Gallery open Thursday to Sunday. Molong & District Servicemen & Servicewomen Portrait Gallery — Molong RSL Club, 22-24 Gidley St, Molong — phone 6366 8105 — Anne Marie Ingham portraits of locals who served — open for viewing in club foyer during club opening hours — Facebook: www.facebook.com/MolongRSLClub/?fref=ts Age of Fishes Museum — Cnr Gaskill St and Ferguson St, Canowindra — a glimpse into life during the Devonian period, when the world was ruled by fish— phone 6344 1008 — open daily, 10am-4pm — http://www.ageoffishes.org.au Banjo Paterson Museum — 43 Forbes Road, Yeoval — phone 0472 089 913 — open daily, 9am-3pm — http://www.banjopatersonmorethanapoet.com.au — Banjo Paterson ... More than a Poet exhibition — priceless collection of memorabilia, books, letters and collectibles — Clancy's Café. Orange Regional Gallery (http://www.org.nsw.gov.au) | Cnr Byng St & Piesley St, Orange | Phone 6393 8136 — Various artists, Private Treasure, Public Spaces. Opens 1 April. Until 25 June. Gallery open daily. Orange Regional Gallery (http://www.org.nsw.gov.au) | Cnr Byng St & Piesley St, Orange | Phone 6393 8136 — Neil Cuthbert, Homecoming. Opens 8 April. Until 4 June. Gallery open daily. Orange Regional Gallery (http://www.org.nsw.gov.au) | Cnr Byng St & Piesley St, Orange | Phone 6393 8136 — Peter Wilson, Form & Surface. Opens 1 April. Until 21 May. Gallery open daily. Ludlow Creative Space (http://www.ludlowgallery.com.au) | 187 Lords Place, Orange | Chrissie Abbott and Richard 'French' Sayer, Technical Ecstacy. Gallery open noon-5.30pm Wednesday to Sunday. Corner Store Gallery (http://www.cornerstoregallery.com) | 382 Summer St, Orange | Phone 6369 1694 — Jaq Davies, Tonya Graham, Ingrid Bowen & Belinda Street, On Common Ground: Four Artists Respond to the Local Landscape. Opens 6 April. Until 23 April. Gallery open Thursdays to Sundays. Bathurst Regional Art Gallery (http://www.bathurstart.com.au) | 70-78 Keppel St, Bathurst | Phone 6333 6555 — Various artists, Beyond Belief: The Sublime in Contemporary Art. Opens 31 March. Until 4 June. Gallery open Tuesday to Sunday. Western Plains Cultural Centre (http://www.westernplainsculturalcentre.org) | 76 Wingewarra St, Dubbo | Phone 6801 4449 — Various artists, Creative Accounting. Until 28 May. Gallery open daily. Western Plains Cultural Centre (http://www.westernplainsculturalcentre.org) | 76 Wingewarra St, Dubbo | Phone 6801 4449 — Various artists, The Art of Wool. Until 30 April. Gallery open daily. Western Plains Cultural Centre (http://www.westernplainsculturalcentre.org) | 76 Wingewarra St, Dubbo | Phone 6801 4449 — Various artists, Chalk It Up: 100 Years of Public Education in Dubbo. Until 21 May. Gallery open daily. Western Plains Cultural Centre (http://www.westernplainsculturalcentre.org) | 76 Wingewarra St, Dubbo | Phone 6801 4449 — Victoria Lovecchio, Breathing Space. Until 16 April. Gallery open daily. Cowra Regional Art Gallery (http://cowraartgallery.com.au) | 77 Darling St, Cowra | Phone 6340 2190 — Various artists, Colours of the Country III: Beanie Festival. Until 30 April. Gallery open Tuesday to Sunday.
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Orange FOOD Week Night Market — Robertson Park, Orange, 5.30-8.30pm, Friday 31 March — Stalls representing the region's best chefs, cooks, caterers, providores, winemakers, etc — Part of Orange FOOD Week — Visit http://orangefoodweek.com.au. HELP I need plenty of help with input for this page, so please contact me with details of upcoming events on 0409 831 216 or through mailto:john@molong.com.au or via Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/MolongOnline)
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