Thredbo’s Triple Crown enters its third and final event. Photo: Thredbo.
It’s a busy week ahead in the regions, with plenty of excitement for everyone. Read our weekly event guide for all the details on model expos, guided nature walks, races, live music, snow sport events and more.
Goulburn’s Model Expo is the perfect place for enthusiasts, curious laymen and beginners alike to check out more than 50 model layouts and get some great sets and equipment from vendors.
Thredbo’s Triple Crown holds its final event, the ‘big air’ division, inviting snowboarders and skiers to make a name for themselves with some serious stunts in the mountains.
And it’s a great week for live music, with nationally touring Aussie bands and local orchestral quartets.
All this and everything in between across the regions this week.
Multiple Days
An Aussie pioneer’s story told at the Batemans Bay Museum. Photo: Batemans Bay Heritage Museum.
Valerie Taylor – An Underwater Life
When: 26 August to 3 September, from 10 am to 3 pm
Where: 3 Museum Place, Batemans Bay, NSW
Cost: Adults $10 | Concession $7 | Children (under 12) free | Tickets online.
Dive into the remarkable world of an Australian marine pioneer.
Valerie Taylor is a legendary Australian marine pioneer, underwater photographer and shark conservationist who transformed public perception of the ocean.
Celebrated globally, Valerie has become one of the most iconic underwater storytellers, shark researchers and conservationists and paved the way for future generations of divers, filmmakers and environmentalists.
This exhibition tells the extraordinary story of the life of Valerie Taylor. Through objects and images from the museum’s collection, Valerie Taylor: An Underwater Life showcases the work of Valerie and her husband Ron and their significant contributions to marine conservation, diving and underwater filming.
Looking to make your start in the world of models? Photo: Visit NSW.
Goulburn Model Expo
When: 29 and 30 August
Where: Veolia Stadium, 45 Braidwood Road, Goulburn
Cost: Tickets from $10 to $25 | Book online.
The Goulburn Model Expo, organised by the Georges River Model Railway Club, is back and it’s bigger than ever. It’s so big, in fact, that it’s having to expand into a third hall.
The expo is all about model railways and plastic kit modelling, encouraging a creative and constructive hobby ideal for all ages. This year’s show has a lot to excite, with more than 50 great model railway layouts as well as LEGO builds, radio-controlled trucks and diggers.
There will be plenty of vendors at the expo, offering a huge range of products from starter sets to tools and paints, highly detailed models and accessories.
There’ll be plenty of vintage vehicles at Pheasant Wood Circuit this week. Photo: Visit NSW.
All Historic Racing at Pheasant Wood Circuit
When: 29 and 30 August, 7:30 am to 5 pm
Where: Pheasant Wood Circuit, 8 Prairie Oak Road, Marulan
Cost: Free entry.
Head to the Pheasant Wood Circuit for two full days of historic racing, an exciting event that brings together bike and car enthusiasts to check out plenty of pre-1963 racing and sports cars as they tear up the track.
Whether you’re a classic car diehard or you live for the thrill of souped-up engines and torn-up rubber, this is the place to be.
Saturday
The story of an iconic era in Aussie music, retold. Image: Humanitix, Stu Spence.
Australian Made: Music, Images and Stories from the 1980s
When: 29 August, 3 to 4:15 pm
Where: Headland Theatre, Tathra Hotel, 8 Bega St, Tathra
Cost: Tickets $15 | Book online.
Before the Headland Theatre’s screening of Going Down, an independent comedy showing the gritty underside of young Aussie life in the 80s, the theatre is hosting a talk with music journalist Bernard Zuel and music photographer Stu Spence.
These two figures with decades in the music world will be discussing one of the most exciting periods in Aussie music, the 80s. Covering pub rock, post-punk, chart-topping pop and cult music, these two will revisit the era of Australian music characterised by regional tours, packed pubs and a thriving music scene that shaped a generation of listeners and artists alike.
Nationally touring indie band The Jungle Giants come to Jindabyne. Photo: Snowy Mountains.
The Jungle Giants – Experiencing Feelings of Joy Tour at The Station Jindabyne
When: 29 August, 8 pm
Where: The Station Jindabyne, 8228 The Snowy River Way, Jindabyne
Cost: Tickets $95.85 | Book online.
The Jungle Giants have been touring for the past five years and they’re returning to Aussie stages with their fifth studio album “Experiencing Feelings of Joy”. They’ll be supported on stage by up-and-coming acts Tear Drive and The Tullamarines.
Their new album presents a new sound that still relies on the quality and on-stage chops that fans of The Jungle Giants have come to expect. They have almost half a billion streams under their belt for good reason, with a reputation for bringing life to festival stages with their great sound.
Sunday
Looking to set up your own wattle garden? Photo: eventbrite.
Wattle Week Walk at the Eurobodalla Botanic Gardens
When: 30 August, 10:30 am
Where: Eurobodalla Regional Botanic Garden, Deep Creek Dam Rd, Batemans Bay
Cost: Free | Book online.
Wattle Week is here, celebrating one of Australia’s most beloved native plants. The Botanic Garden invites you to come for a guided stroll and discover some of the garden’s wattles. Walkers will learn how wattles are invaluable to the land’s ability to regenerate after bushfires as well as how you can grow them on your own land, providing a beautiful addition to a garden.
Say farewell to winter with the Acacia Quartet. Photo: TryBooking.
Acacia Quartet – Performance at St Bernards
When: 30 August, 2 to 4 pm
Where: St Bernard’s Catholic Church, 2 David Avenue, Batehaven
Cost: Tickets from $50 to $55 | School-aged child and accompanying adult free | Book online.
The Acacia Quartet performs a special spring concert at St Bernard’s Catholic Church, sure to shake you out of your winter torpor. This concert presents String Quartet Op. 76 No. 4 by Haydn, a composer widely credited with maturing the string quartet as a musical form. This quartet uses the sunrise as its opening motif, making it ideal for bringing people out of winter and into the warmer months.
Tuesday
The final contest in the Thredbo Triple Crown is here. Image: Thredbo.
Thredbo Triple Crown — Big Air Event
When: 1 September
Where: 1 Friday Drive, Thredbo
Cost: Open entry from $72 | Book online.
The Thredbo Triple Crown challenges skiers and snowboarders across three categories: rails, slopestyle and big air, with each section demanding something different from competitors. The competition, held throughout the snow season, has a massive pool of $60,000 in cash and prizes on offer, so there’s plenty of reason to add your name to the entry list and try to beat your rivals for the top spot.
This week’s event is the final one in the Triple Crown and it’s all about capping it all off with big air, challenging skiers and snowboarders to see how they fare in the air.
For more information, check Thredbo’s website.
Thursday
Head to the library for an educational class on how to set up your own kitchen garden. Photo: Eurobodalla Shire Council.
Setting up a Kitchen Garden – Moruya Library
When: 3 September, 10:30 to 11:30 am
Where: Moruya Library, Vulcan Street, Moruya
Cost: Free | Book online.
If you’ve been looking to set up a kitchen garden producing herbs and veggies for you daily cooking, the Moruya Library is holding a workshop for you to discover the basics required to set up a small, productive garden. Whether you want to set up just a few pots of herbs at your back door or plan a complex series of garden beds to provide you with veggies year-round, this is a great workshop that will cover all bases and is open to all skill levels of gardening.
