October 2010
2010 Victorian Seniors Festival: 3 - 10 October
The Victorian Seniors Festival now in its 29th year, is a high-profile Government managed event that runs from 3 - 10 October. The festival features over 1,000 free and low-cost events and activities for seniors across Victoria ranging from concerts and fine arts to bushwalking and golf.
Opening Day at Federation Square provides an array of activities for all seniors to enjoy. Come down and listen to some of the best musicians in Melbourne performing jazz, swing and contemporary pop. Explore a huge range of U3A curricula, language research and visual arts. With over 150 activities to choose from there is something for everyone on opening day.
Located nearby is the Melbourne Town Hall Festival Hub a warm cosy environment, a meeting place to converse and relax with a free tea and coffee. Daily presentations, entertainment and displays are just some of the highlights that run throughout the festival week.
Premier's Active Families Challenge
Want to get the entire family active, but not sure where to start?
Sign up to the Premier's Active Families Challenge to do 30 minutes of physical activity a day for 30 days from 2 October to 13 November.
It's free to participate, and you'll get:
- 15 free YMCA passes
- 15% off at Rebel Sport
- one free child zoo pass.
You'll also:
- help your school win $5000 of sports gear
- get weekly tips on being active and eating healthy food
- have a chance to win heaps of great prizes, including once in a lifetime experiences!
Sign up to the Challenge at goforyourlife.vic.gov.au or call 1300 73 98 99.
Spring Open Day
On Sunday 3 October, the Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne opens its gates, doors and glasshouses and invites the public to see what happens behind the scenes of one of Melbourne's oldest landmarks.
Enjoy free nursery tours, bush tucker tours with an Indigenous guide, Rain Garden talks, composting demonstrations, tours of historic Gardens House and Garden Discovery tours.
The ever-popular Growing Friends Plant Sale is an opportunity to find a special plant to add to your garden at home. There'll be fun activities for children in The Ian Potter Foundation Children's Garden and a great selection of upbeat live music to listen to throughout the day.
Community Safety Month
Community Safety Month provides Victorians with a chance to take part in activities and events and learn how to make local communities safer places to live and work.
Held in October each year, the month aims to promote awareness about a broad range of safety matters, including crime prevention, personal safety, safe work practices and staying safe during an emergency.
Women and Money 2010
The Office of Women's Policy is proud to coordinate Women and Money 2010. Women and Money 2010 is a key initiative of the Women's Financial Literacy Project and aims to help women improve their money management skills through workshops, seminars and online information. The project is delivered in partnership with WIRE Women's Information and the Queen Victoria Women's Centre.
Work Safe Week
Work Safe Week is being held from 25-29 October and it's the perfect opportunity for you to get up to date with the latest information on health and safety in the workplace.
Whether you're a small, medium or large business, an office worker or labourer, an apprentice or manager, you could work in a milkbar or a multinational, Work Safe Week is for all Victorian businesses and it's the fastest and easiest way to make sure you're up to date and compliant.
This year over 100 seminars and events are being held across Melbourne and regional Victoria, and you'll find them more practical and hands on than ever. From conferences, educational seminars and panel discussions to interactive workshops, displays, breakfasts and BBQ's, there's something for everyone.
Spring Racing Carnival
The Spring Racing Carnival is a world class event showcasing thoroughbred racing, fashion and entertainment at its finest over 50 fabulous days across Victoria.
From Camperdown to Caulfield, Manangatang to Moonee Valley, you will love the excitement and fervour of racing at both metropolitan and country tracks. In addition, enjoy fabulous fashion and supporting social events.
Find out more about the 2010 Spring Racing Carnival.
Smart Meters. Smart Move.
Your old electricity meter is being upgraded. 2.5 million Smart Meters are being installed in homes and businesses across Victoria. They will help get our electricity infrastructure ready for the future and help you better manage the size of your power bill.
2011 Victorian Honour Roll of Women
The 2011 Victorian Honour Roll of Women nominations close 13 October 2010.
Recognise and celebrate the leadership, achievement and contribution of Victorian Women now. Nomination forms for the 2011 Victorian Honour Roll of Women are now available.
2011 inductees will be announced as part of International Women's Day celebrations next March.
Reported Locusts Map
The Locust Reporting Map is designed to raise community awareness about the known location of egg beds and other locust activity in Victoria. All Victorians are encouraged to report sightings of locusts so that DPI can monitor locust populations and movement.
History Week
24 - 31 October is History Week - discover the wonders of Victoria's past.
To celebrate, why not spend the week travelling back in time, discovering Victoria's wide and wonderful past.
From fascinating walking tours and engaging discussions, to exhibitions and 'history in the making' events - there is something in store for everyone to enjoy.
For further information, visit www.historyweek.org.au
New Publications
General Publications
Eucalyptus - An Illustrated Guide to Identification
by Ian Brooker & David Kleinig @ $99.95
Australian Insects - A Natural History
by Bert Brunet @ $45.00
Melbourne Art Deco
by Robin Grow @ $55.00
Real and Reel - The Education of a Film Obsessive Critic
by Brian McFarlane @ $29.95
How Not to Commit Business Suicide
by Gavin Waring @ $24.95
How to Start Creating Real Wealth Through Real Estate
by Helen Collier-Kogtevs @ $29.95
Retire Richer Younger
by Barbara Smith & Ed Koken @ $29.95
Low Carb Made Easy
by John Ratcliffe @ $16.95
The Colour of Australia
by Nick Anchen @ $29.95
The Age Good Food Guide 2011
by Janne Apelgren @ $29.95
Australian Bush Pubs
by Craig Lewis & Cathy Savage @ $39.95
Coffee Guide Melbourne 2011
edited by Hamish McDougall @ $19.95
Intellectual Property - Text and Essential Cases
by Rocque Reynolds & Natalie Stoianoff @ $77.00
The Great Aussie Family Cookbook
by Kim Terakes @ $35.00
Riverfolk - Life Along the Murray
by Allan Nixon @ $29.95
The Story of the Melbourne Cup
by Stephen Howell @ $99.95
A Place to Remember: A History of the Shrine of Remembrance
by Bruce Scates @ $59.95
Queens of the Turf
by Marc Fiddian @ $22.70
First People: The Eastern Kulin of Melbourne, Port Phillip and Central Victoria
by Gary Presland @ $24.95
Local Histories
Nobblers and Lushingtons - A History of the Hotels of Beechworth and the Ovens District
by Richard Patterson @ $33.00
Memorable Men of Meredith
by Margaret Cooper @ $27.50
A Day Like No Other - Black Saturday on the Kinglake Ranges
by David Johns @ $20.50
Dreams From a Suitcase - Recollections of Italian Settlers in the Yarra Valley
by Yarra Valley Italian Cultural Group @ $41.50
Haystacks and Hellfire - European Settlement in South Gisborne
by Phillipa Butler @ $55.00
Valley of Peace - History of Kongwak
by Joseph White @ $35.00
Mapping Products
Spatial Vision's VicMap Book - Central Region - 3rd Edition
by Spatial Vision @ $90.00
North East New South Wales - 7th Edition
by Hema Maps @ $8.95
Memory Map - 4WD Australia Raster Map Collection 2010
by Hema Maps @ $179.00
Perth To Adelaide City to City Map - 2nd Edition
by Hema Maps @ $8.95
Brisbane and Region City Handy Map - 9th Edition
by Hema Maps @ $6.95
Sydney to Brisbane via The Pacific and New England Highways Map – 8th Edition
by Hema Maps @ $8.95
Government Reports
Overall Fuel Hazard Assessment Guide
produced by the Department of Sustainability and Environment @ $7.70
Public Hospitals: Interim Results of the 2009-10
produced by the Auditor General Victoria @ $20.00
Sustainable Farm Families Program
produced by the Auditor General Victoria @ $20.00
Business Continuity Management in Local Government
produced by the Auditor General Victoria @ $20.00
Management of Prison Accommodation Using Public Private Partnerships
produced by the Auditor General Victoria @ $20.00
Delivery of NURSE-ON-CALL
produced by the Auditor General Victoria @ $20.00
New Legislation
New Acts
| A46.10 | Associations Incorporation Amendment Act 2010 | $12.20 |
| A47.10 | Civil Procedure Act 2010 | $12.20 |
| A48.10 | Primary Industries Legislation Amendment Act 2010 | $12.20 |
| A49.10 | Supported Residential Services (Private Proprietors) Act 2010 | $18.65 |
| A50.10 | Water Amendment (Victorian Environmental Water Holder) Act 2010 | $12.20 |
| A51.10 | Working with Children Amendment Act 2010 | $5.70 |
| A52.10 | Firearms and Other Acts Amendment Act 2010 | $7.80 |
| A53.10 | Personal Safety Intervention Orders Act 2010 | $21.50 |
New Statutory Rules
Reprinted Acts
| A23.02 | Electoral Act 2002 Reprint 3 | $21.50 |
| A24.90 | Control of Weapons Act 1990 Reprint 5 | $12.20 |
| A8702 | National Parks Act 1975 Reprint 13 | $25.75 |
| A22.91 | Docklands Act 1991 Reprint 5 | $15.75 |
| A81.94 | Domestic Animals Act 1994 Reprint 5 | $18.65 |
| A6.10 | Transport Integration Act 2010 Reprint 1 | $22.90 |
Reprinted Statutory Rules
| A73.02 | Electoral Regulations 2002 Reprint 1 | $12.20 |
Visit the Victorian Legislation and Parliamentary Documents website for a list of all Victorian acts and statutory rules.
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The Story of the Melbourne Cup
In celebrating the 150th running of the great race, The Story of the Melbourne Cup- Australia's Greatest Race, charts the Cup's great staying journey in a way that allows readers to dip in and out as they choose.
Discover four weeks of dazzling spring colour less than an hours drive from Melbourne at the Tesselaar Tulip Festival.
In celebration of the 150th anniversary of the Melbourne Cup, Melbourne Museum is displaying Phar Lap's hide and skeleton together for the first time in almost 80 years. Visit the Melbourne Museum to see the Phar Lap Reunion.
Mildura
Mildura - On the edge of the Australian outback and an oasis by the Murray River, Mildura offers pretty citrus groves and vineyards, endless sunshine, great food and wine, and abundant water-based activities.
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