All our accommodation is just a pleasant 20 minute drive from Geelong and you get the benefit of staying on the beautiful Victorian coast...

Visit the Geelong City web site for events coming up over the next few months:

The birth of Australia’s first traditional calypso band,
aptly named Eucalypso, is about to change the face of
“roots” music.

Whilst playing in a number of western swing and country roots bands, Gleny Rae never stopped listening to the music of the great Calypsonians; Lord Kitchener, Mighty Sparrow, Lord Flea, The Roaring Lion... Their music is brimming with humour, political commentary, double entendre, clever rhymes and puns, but most of all the sheer joy of life in the Caribbean.

Gleny Rae’s Eucalypso takes the traditional structures and instrumentation of calypso, and adds distinctly local lyrics with plenty of puns and the odd sexual innuendo.

The result is undeniably infectious; sensual island rhythms with catchy but intelligent lyrics to make the body shimmy and the mind boggle!

When - 7.30pm Saturday February 11
Contact - Minya Vineyard and Winery, Connewarre
Ph. 5264 1397 - jjeffdans@theminya.com.au
Link - www.theminya.com.au

Details may change at any time. Always check with the event organiser first if you are planning to attend this event.

Prepare to be seriously entertained!
When Bluestone Junction play you can hear the origins of Rock n Roll in the dazzling solos and hard driving beat of their authentic brand of Bluegrass.

Bluestone Junction perform like the music’s originators - playing and singing around a single large-plate microphone. There are no electronics or digital effects here, just acoustic instruments being picked up by a single high quality microphone, and the sound is electrifying!

Bluestone Junction perform original compositions from Chris Jacobs (lead vocal and guitar), Mike St. Clair-Miller (bass), as well as traditional songs and instrumentals. The band also features, Pete Fidler on mandolin and dobro, the enourmously talented Kat Mear on fiddle and Mick Harrison, perhaps Australia’s finest exponent of authentic Bluegrass five string banjo.

7.30pm Saturday February 25
Contact - Minya Vineyard and Winery, Connewarre
Ph. 5264 1397 - jjeffdans@theminya.com.au
Link - www.theminya.com.au
Details may change at any time. Always check with the event organiser first if you are planning to attend this event. Please report any inaccurate information here

Amazing Backyard Adventures
Developed by Scitech, Perth
25 November 2011 to 26 February 2012

Take a closer look at what you might find in your own backyard. Go on a journey inside a magnified backyard lawn and find out how it feels to be smaller than a blade of grass. Use special lenses to take a look at the backyard through the
eyes of a dog or jump on board the flying bee for a bees' eye view of the garden.

Delve into the mechanics of the swing, slide and see-saw before exploring the 'frog eat insect' world of the interactive pond. There are wonders aplenty hidden in your own backyard; come along to discover the science behind it all.

When:
Daily from 25 November 2011 to 26 February 2012
(View all upcoming dates and times)
Where:
National Wool Museum 26 Moorabool St, Geelong 3220 Melways 401:H3
Costs:
Other/More Information Adult - $7.50, Concession - $6.00, Child - $4.00, Family (2 adults and up to 4 children) - $25.00, Groups (15+ people) - $5.50 per person, Schools - $4.00 per student.
Further Information
Associated Organisations: Developed by Scitech, Perth
Contact: National Wool Museum
Phone: 5272 4701
Email: nwminfo@geelongcity.vic.gov.au
Website: www.nwm.vic.gov.au

Wrecks, Reefs and the Mermaid Exhibition
From the Australian National Maritime Museum
11 November 2011 to 12 February 2012

An exhibition of photographs by Xanthe Rivett illustrating two archaeological expeditions by the Australian National Maritime Museum to remote coral reefs off the coast of Queensland. The expeditions set out to locate the site of His
Majesty’s Colonial Schooner Mermaid, wrecked in 1829 on the Great Barrier Reef, and to survey the sites of His Majesty’s Ship Porpoise and the merchant
ship Cato, both wrecked on the reef in 1803.

When:
Daily from 11 November 2011 to 12 February 2012
(View all upcoming dates and times)
Where:
National Wool Museum 26 Moorabool St, Geelong 3220 Further Information
Associated Organisations: Australian National Maritime Museum
Contact: National Wool Museum
Phone: 5272 4701
Email: nwminfo@geelongcity.vic.gov.au
Website: www.nwm.vic.gov.au