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Queensland Garden Expo

Date:'Friday 8 July, 2011 - Sunday 10 July, 2011'
Time:8:00am - 5:00pm
Fee:Adults: $16.00
Booking:Qldgardenexpo.com.au

Dave Eastgate

Date:'Saturday 1st May, Saturday 8th May & Sunday 9th May'
Time:6:00pm Saturday's 5:00pm Sunday
Fee:$17.00
Booking:02 9020 6966 or Sydneycomedyfest.com.au
Dave Eastgate blends rock, rap, emo, country, lounge & a little bit of soul as he takes you on this hilarious, high energy musical safari! Welcome to the Jungle, baby!

Blockaholics are going to love The Block LIVE event

Date:'22nd - 24th of June'
Time:10am to 5pm
Fee:Adult $23.50, Junior (5-16 years of age) $17.00 and Famiy (2 Adults and 2 Children under 16) $60.00
Booking:Ticketek.com.au
If you're a fan of The Block, you won't want to miss The Block LIVE 2012! You can catch Scott, Shelley and Blockheads past and present, as well as the shows foreman Keith and the judges during the three-day home & lifestyle improvement expo from Friday June 22 to Sunday June 24 at the Sydney Showground, Sydney Olympic Park.

Catch the The Block team at The Block LIVE 2012 as follows:
Scott Cam: Friday, Saturday and Sunday: 1pm - 4:30pm
Shelley Craft: Friday, Saturday and Sunday: 10am - 5pm
Ed Phillips: Friday, Saturday and Sunday 10am - 5pm
Keith Shielger: Friday, Saturday and Sunday 12 Noon - 3pm
Dan and Dani: Friday, Saturday and Sunday 10am - 5pm
Sophie and Dale: Friday, Saturday and Sunday 10am - 5pm
Brad and Lara: Friday, Saturday and Sunday 10am - 5pm
Mike and Andrew: Friday, Saturday and Sunday 10am - 5pm
Katrina and Amie: Friday 10am - 5pm
Shaynna Blaze: Friday 1pm - 4:30pm
Polly and Waz: Saturday 10am - 5pm
Mark and Duncan: Saturday 10am - 5pm
Neale Whitaker: Saturday 10am - 5pm
Rod and Tania: Sunday 10am - 5pm
Josh and Jenna: Sunday 10am - 5pm

Round She Goes preloved fashion market for women

Venue:The Camberwell Centre: 340 Camberwell Road, Camberwell 3124
Date:'Sunday 4 October 2009'
Time:10am-3pm
Round She Goes sells preloved designer dresses, hats, bags, shoes and more. There will be approximately 80 stalls!

Round She Goes is Melbourne's most popular fashion market with the recent market at Melbourne Central attracting record crowds. Round She Goes handpicks all its stallholders - they range from people emptying their wardrobes of designer clothes they no longer wear, to vintage collectors to Melbourne accessory makers.

Kitty Bang: Through The Magnifying Glass

Venue:The Order of Melbourne: Level 2. 401 Swanston Street, Melbourne
Date:'Tuesday 28 - Thursday 30 September, and Tuesday 5 - Thursday 7 October'
Time:7.30pm, 9.00pm 28 September and 7 October Variety Show
Booking:Melbournefringe.com.au, 9660 9666 or at the door
Kitty Bang burst onto the Melbourne cabaret scene in 2010 with her
debut Comedy Festival show, The Rise And Fall Of Kitty Bang. Her
latest offering, Through The Magnifying Glass, is an all-singing, all-dancing day in the life of the redheaded diva.

Festival of Jewish Cinema

Venue:Australian Centre for the Moving Image & the Classic Cinema, Elsternwick
Date:'12-19 November 2009'
Fee:Opening Night Film & Party $25.00, Single Sessions $17.00 and Gold Pass $91.00
Celebrating its 20th anniversary in November, the 2009 Festival of Jewish Cinema will bring Melbourne filmgoers a new array of hilarious, moving, challenging and informative films and documentaries from around the world, as well as a special 'retrospective' of Festival favourites from the past 20 years.

Opening the festival on Thursday 12 November is comical Israeli film A Matter of Size, which skirts the serious issues of Middle Eastern politics with the story of four heavily overweight friends who finally find their generous girths valued in the world of Israeli sumo wrestling. Other highlights include local documentary Wrong Side of the Bus, French romantic comedy Hello Goodbye and the remarkable story of an unsung WWII hero in American film Killing Kasztner.

2011 Chambord Shine Awards

Tali Roth, Saint Augustine Academy, Elliot Ward-Fear, Tato & Memi and An Ode to No One have been chosen as the five finalists to compete for a retail
partnership with high street fashion retailer, Seduce.

The five finalists have been awarded $1000 and five weeks to create two cocktail dresses inspired by the quintessential Chambord woman who shops at Seduce. They will have the opportunity to present their designs to 50 of the most influential personalities in the Australian fashion and media industry at the Chambord Shine Awards luncheon event in July 2011.

13th Festival of Japanese Cinema

Venue:ACMI, Federation Square, Melbourne
Date:'3 - 8 December 2009'
Fee:Adult $14 Concession $12 5-film Pass $55 (excludes opening and closing films)
The annual Japanese Film Festival will open in Melbourne on Thursday December 3 with Director Shuichi Okita presenting his mouth-watering culinary sensation The Chef of the South Pole. A light-hearted comedy centred on the lives of eight men positioned in an Antarctic base, based on the personal experience of Author Jun Nishimura who is also a guest of the Festival.

Closing the seven day Festival is the adorable comedy, The Handsome Suit, about awkward and ugly Ohki, who is transformed into an attractive male model when he dons the 'handsome suit'. Featuring glamorous runway scenes, shot on location at Japan's biggest fashion labels 2008 Autumn/ Winter show, this Cinderella-like story is a feel-good comedy for all.

Chef Sth Pole-mainOther highlights include action flicks fresh from Japan; Kamui, a ninja film boasting an all-star cast starring Kenichi Matsuyama (Death Note, Detroit Metal City), Koyuki (The Last Samurai) and Hideaki Ito (Sukiyaki Western Django); while K20: Legend of the Mask sees Takeshi Kaneshiro (Red Cliff, House of Flying Daggers) as an accidental caped crusader in retro-futuristic Japan.

Be a Voice at the Puppy Farm Awareness Day Rally

Venue:Parliament House (Treasury Gardens)
Date:'Sunday 19 September 2010'
Time:12:00 noon
Unite with us in promoting that we will not tolerate farming of our companion animals or inhumane breeding practices that ignore or try to avoid laws and regulations.

The Lost Dogs' Home will have a marquee at the rally where you will be able to meet the team. Proceeds made from the sale of merchandise on the day will be donated to an Oscar's Law aligned charity. Listen to key note speakers from the animal welfare movement including 3AW's Derryn Hinch, Moira Rayner (Lawyers for Animals) and Debra Trantra (Oscar's Law Convener).