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Written by Canberra Tourism
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Wednesday, 31 May 2006 |
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Floriade Carnivale - The world on show
Floriade,
Australia's premier spring festival, will turn Canberra into a
kaleidoscope of colour and festivities from Saturday 16 September to
Sunday 15 October. This year's Floriade theme, Carnivale - The world on
show, will celebrate the beauty and diversity of the world we live in
through the spectacular floral displays and entertainment program. In
2006, over 1 million blooming tulips and annuals will create the famous
Floriade flowerbeds and will depict our worldwide neighbours from near
and far, in blooms and design elements never before seen at Floriade.
See a sculpted Japanese Zen garden, a miniature replica of England's
Hampton Court, an American eagle depicted in blooms or a giant Canadian
Maple leaf made of thousands of red tulips.
The garden beds are inspired by countries such as Turkey, The
Netherlands, Singapore, Belgium, Japan, Malaysia, the United States of
America, the United Kingdom, Canada, Columbia, China, Italy, Spain,
France, New Zealand and Australia. Entry is free and there's something
for everyone!
click here for visitcanberra.com.au
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World Carnivale Trail
Visitors to Canberra will be able to see, taste and even smell the
world on show this spring through a series of exhibitions, music, food
and festivities that blossom across the nation's capital. The World
Carnivale Trail complements this year's Floriade spring festival and
sees the theme taken beyond the gates of Commonwealth Park. Visitors
will be able to use a colourful map to follow the World Carnivale Trail
to top tourist attractions, discovering a smorgasbord of international
stories and themes told through art, memorabilia, film, architecture
and music. They can see how immigration helped people Australia in the
National Museum of Australia's Horizons Gallery; discover how many of
Australia's political traditions have been adopted from other countries
at Old Parliament House; wander through the photography of
international political leaders and celebrities at the National
Portrait Gallery and much more. The World Carnivale Trail runs from 16
September until the end of November.
click here for visitcanberra.com.au
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Feel the warmth of Canberra's Fireside Festival
The
women behind five of the Canberra region's most successful wineries and
restaurants know that winter in Canberra is something to celebrate, and
are hosting the Fireside Festival for the second year running. The
festival, which runs over four weekends in August, will feature
something different at each venue including food and wine matching,
fireside poetry readings from local writers, live music and fireside
tastings of the region's wines. The festival will showcase the best
regional produce in a series of luncheon classes - choose from classes
featuring wine, cheese, smoked meats, jams or organic kitchen
gardening. Other highlights include music dinners and degustations,
candlelit feasts and old-time movie dinners. You can even fulfil your
childhood dream and indulge with a dinner dedicated entirely to
pudding! The hosts are Grazing, Poachers Pantry, Madew Wines, the
Kamberra Wine Company and Lambert Vineyards.
click here for the Fireside Festival website
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Ski Stopover packages available now
Many
skiers are realising the value in stopping in Canberra as a great break
in the long drive to the snow. Perfect for families or for those who
want the ultimate winter getaway, it's so easy to drive direct to
Canberra from Sydney, explore all the nation's capital has to offer,
then take the pleasant two hour drive to the snowfields. Several Ski
Stopover packages are available which offer overnight accommodation in
Canberra and a variety of other delicious inclusions. Accommodation
partners include Crowne Plaza Canberra, Capital Executive Apartments,
Forrest Inn and Saville Park Suites. Arrive in Canberra, check out some
of our national treasures, tuck-in for a good night's sleep and then
head on for your snow holiday. Ski Stopover packages can be booked
instantly online via the visit Canberra website.
Book these packages online at visitcanberra.com.au
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See Cook's rare treasures at the National Museum of Australia
The world's largest collection of artefacts
collected on Captain James Cook's Pacific voyages goes on show at the
National Museum of Australia on 1 July . Titled Cook's Pacific
Encounters, the museum is the exclusive Australian venue for this
exhibition of rare 18th century functional and spiritual objects,
renowned among anthropologists but rarely seen by the public.
Comprising more than 300 ritual and everyday items, the jewellery,
clothing, weapons, tools and musical instruments were collected between
1768 and 1779 and were given as gifts or traded with Cook and his crew
by indigenous people from locations including Tonga, Tahiti, New
Zealand and Hawaii. Highlights include a boar's tusk bracelet and
feathered chief's helmet from Hawaii, a shell trumpet from the
Marquesas, and a mourning dress and shark-skin drum from Tahiti. Cook's
Pacific Encounters is on show at the National Museum of Australia from
1 July until 10 September.
Image Caption: Feathered image with wickerwork, dog teeth and
mother-of-pearl, believed to represent the war god, Kuka'ilimoku, 18th
century, Hawaii. Courtesy Institut für Ethnologie der Universität
Göttingen.
click here to visit the National Museum of Australia's website
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Facing Percy Grainger at the National Library
Facing Percy Grainger, the National Library's forthcoming exhibition,
is a colourful and thought-provoking exhibition that celebrates the
life of Percy Aldridge Grainger (1882-1961). Possibly Australia's first
international male celebrity of the 20th century, the life of this
flamboyant composer, pianist, collector and innovator is revealed
through around 150 items ranging from his music, inventions of
extraordinary musical machines, paintings, photographs and clothing.
Presented in association with the Grainger Collection at the University
of Melbourne, Canberra is the only place you can see this extraordinary
exhibition. Facing Percy Grainger is on at the National Library of
Australia from 6 July until 15 October, entry is free.
Image caption: Percy Grainger, Fort Hamilton, New York 1917
Grainger Collection, the University of Melbourne
click here to visit the National Library of Australia's website
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Acclaimed contemporary artist on show at the National Gallery
Imants Tillers is one of Australia's most
acclaimed contemporary artists, nationally and internationally, and is
the subject of the National Gallery of Australia's upcoming exhibition,
Imants Tillers: One world many visions. This important survey
exhibition provides the opportunity to trace the high points of
Tillers' artistic development over the last twenty years. Focusing on
the artist's distinctive 'canvas board system', the exhibition displays
key paintings included in the Venice Biennale in 1986 through to the
remarkable Diaspora series of the 1990s. The exhibition will be on show
at the National Gallery of Australia from 14 July - 16 October.
Image caption:Imants Tillers, The Hyperborean and the Speluncar. 1986,
oilstick, oil, synthetic polymer paint 130 canvasboards. Cruthers
Collection, Perth. Image supplied by the National Gallery of Australia
click here to visit the National Gallery of Australia's website
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Deeks Bakery and Café
Former marathon runner Robert de Castella
has teamed up with clinical biologist Bill Giles to open a business
selling entirely gluten-free products. The unique Deeks Bakery &
Café, in the Canberra suburb of Pearce, is the first in what de
Castella hopes will be a chain of shops throughout the country. He
employs an enthusiastic young baker, Brendan Miotello, who after
initial development through the Bread Research Institute, came up with
a tasty and versatile base for bread and pastries. And, yes, there's
even gluten-free tiramisu and chocolate mudcake!
New cellar door for the Canberra district
Tallagandra Hill, has opened a cellar door at Brad and Annemaree
Schafferius's picturesque vineyard between Murrumbateman and Gundaroo.
Open on weekends and public holidays from 10am to 5pm, the cellar door
has a 40-seat café serving cheese platters, coffee and cake. As well as
viewing works by artist Jan Hogan, visitors can taste Tallagandra
Hill's impressive line-up of cool-climate wines including Nine Barrels,
a Shiraz/Cabernet Franc blend which took its name from the first
vintage, when nine barrels were produced.
Top winemaker producing olive oil
Clonakilla winemaker Tim Kirk might one day become as well-known for
his olive oil as he is for his highly acclaimed Shiraz Viognier wine.
For the past three years, Clonakilla has been producing an extra virgin
olive oil made from a blend of Tuscan varieties. "It's quite spicy and
herbaceous with a little bit of a kick to it," says Kirk, who loves the
way Italian wineries almost invariably have olive oil for sale. He
produces just 300 bottles of his Vitae oil, available at the cellar
door for $18 for a 375 ml bottle. However, he has 150 olive trees
planted with an eye to expanding production.
Change for Sculpture Garden Restaurant
The National Gallery of Australia's eye-catching Sculpture Garden
Restaurant is under new management. Trippas White, which caters for a
number of high-profile Sydney venues including the restaurant at the
Art Gallery of NSW, has been appointed to run the NGA restaurant, which
is set in an outdoor pavilion on the edge of a tranquil pond with fog
sculpture. The restaurant is open for lunch seven days, brunch on
weekends and Friday night drinks. The modern Australian menu includes
dishes such as a warm salad of tuna and saffron kipfler potatoes with
tapenade dressing, and terrine of rabbit cooked in sauvignon blanc.
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