info@finishliveevents.com.au or 5728 2789 or www.gravity12hour.com

A 12 Hour Mountainbike Endurance event held in beautiful Bright!

Registration - Friday 2pm-late and Saturday 6am-7:30am
Start 8am, Finish 8pm

Free camping for competitors at the Bright Holiday Park (Friday and Saturday nights)

1800 111 885 or visit www.alpineshire.vic.gov.au/Bright150

During this time gold and pioneering were common with the first vineyards established and the arrival of railway to Bright, bringing a rapidly developing tourism industry. Hardwood milling commenced from this time. This week will celebrate these three important decades in Bright’s history, with the key event on February 11.

Ken - Wandiligong Hotel 03 5755 1311

Live music, family games, pioneer demonstrations, market stalls, poetry readings and special pioneer menu.

4pm onwards.

FREE!

 Ph - 03 5758 1200 or visit www.fallscreek.com.au/events

 Two kilometre swim in Rocky Valley Dam, 80 kilometre bike ride on the Bogong High Plains Road and a 20 kilometre run on the Falls Creek trails - a perfect hit-out at altitude.

Image supplied by Ken Bell - Alpine High Country Media

Alpine Shire Council 03 5755 0555

Includes the ‘fly on the wall’- a Velcro wall which you can stick to while wearing a Velcro suit.

Under 12's 4:30pm-7pm
Over 12's 7:30pm-10pm

Ph - 03 5758 1000 or visit www.fallscreek.com.au

Fun tennis at altitude - a great day out!

image supplied by Ken Bell - Alpine High Country Media

03 5754 4069

A fun community event for local groups, clubs, businesses and residents to come together to celebrate all that the Mt Beauty Recreation Reserve has to offer, and to help raise funds for the playscape's interactive sensory garden project.  Lots of stalls and activities for all ages and interests!

5pm-8pm

Mount Hotham and Dinner Plain, Ph: 03 5759 3550  or visit www.coolsummerfestival.com

3 Days of music and indulgence, in the middle of nowhere, with the luxury of everything!  Showcasing the best in Alpine food, wine, music, art, culture and history. The weekend will feature great music on two main stages, local food and wine, walks, indigenous tours, films, activities for the kids and much more. 2012 artists include Owl Eyes, Gareth Liddiard, Graveyard Train, Gossling and many more.

visit www.adventuretravelfilmfestival.com or call 0413 290 047  

Your chance to see the finest International and Australian adventure travel films while swapping ideas with fellow travellers. Tickets will be available on The Adventure Travel Film Festival website from October 2011.

Ph 1800 111 885 or visit www.brightrockabilly.com.au

After the success of the 2011 festival, the Bright Rockabilly Festival is back in 2012. This Kustom Kulture event is held over 3 days in the beautiful township of Bright. With great Rockabilly bands on the playlist for the weekend, it's three days of action packed fun for family and friends.

0414 376 965, info@themyrtlefordfestival.com.au or www.themyrtlefordfestival.com.au

The tradition of Myrtleford celebrating its vibrant community throughout the March Labour Day weekend continues in 2012.

Friendly locals welcome visitors to stay and enjoy the magnificent surroundings we proudly call “home”. Special events and activities held during this extra long weekend include historical, art, photographic, floral & embroidery exhibitions, industries & local knowledge tours, markets, street parade followed by a street party, live music, breakfast in the park, bike rides (both motorcycle and bicycle), movies, and sporting events. So come and enjoy the Myrtleford Festival - it's truly a family festival!

www.themyrtlefordfestival.com.au or Kirk Tabalotny 0414 376 965 or info@themyrtlefordfestival.com.au

The 2012 Mountain H20 Street Party is shaping up to be a music extravaganza!

Travas Hope from SoundAlive Productions will once again be present to project each band's wonderous sound for all to hear throughout the Great Alpine region. 
Entertainment will start at 11:00am and will continue until late in the evening. 

For your musical enjoyment this year, we are proud to present:
Albury Wodonga Pipes and Drums
Tom Tuena
Backroaders
JamminOn
Richard Perso
Sunday Chairs and
Red Ink

Look out for the new posters, soon to appear in a town near you!

A huge thank you to our major sponsors, Mountain H20 and SoundAlive Productions.

Ph 03 5758 1200 or visit www.3peakschallenge.com.au and www.fallscreek.com.au/events

Many cyclists are getting close to completing their training for the 2012 Three Peaks Challenge - a 235km course through Australia's most spectacular Alpine Region! The Bogong High Plains road between Falls Creek and Omeo Highway has been sealed, creating this wonderful opportunity for a 'European-style' road cycling event. The 230km course starts and finishes at Falls Creek, circumnavigating Victoria's Alpine Region traversing Tawonga Gap, Mount Hotham, then back to Falls Creek via Omeo.

Ken Bell - Alpine High Country Media

Cheryl Walkear - after 5pm 0438 420 806

An exciting addition to the Myrtleford Festival program!

We're constantly seeking ways to improve the Myrtleford Festival, and so we listen to any feedback we receive. One request has been to increase the Festival activities available on Sunday - so we have!
The Cotters Market will be more intimate than the Saturday Market and will focus on locally grown and produced foods, crafts and items.

All stallholders must be from the North East Victoria and all items for sale must be grown or made by the stallholder - no mass produced goods.

The Cotters Market stallholder registration form is available from the Myrtleford Festival Visitor Information Centre and the Myrtleford Neighbourhood Centre, or alternatively it can be downloaded from the website www.themyrtlefordfestival.com.au.

Book a stall or come along and find some great items to buy!

03 5754 4002

A safe but strenuous walk to the top of Victoria’s highest mountain, to conquer Mt Bogong. Starting from Mountain Creek Picnic Area, this is a 20km round trip with a climb of 1300 metres organised and staffed by members of the Upper Kiewa Valley Lions Club. The satisfaction of standing on top of Victoria is overwhelming.

Credit: Ken Bell - Alpine High Country Media

www.alpineshire.vic.gov.au/Bright150

The Bright Uniting Church will be holding this Service of Thanksgiving for 150 years of Christian Witness in Bright.

Starts 5:00pm

5756 2356 or http://www.boynton.com.au/EventsCalendar

At dusk as the sun sets behind Mount Buffalo, a degustation dinner will be served under a canopy of vines on the terrace of Boynton's Winery.  Head chef Eddie Huynh will present a menu that is not only exquisite to taste but each dish a delicate art form.  Matched with Feathertop Wines, winemaker Kel Boynton will present a wine matching experience to remember, talking through some of his most celebrated creations. The food, the wine, the setting will complement each other beautifully.  A degustation at dusk you'll want to be a part of. Limited to ten guests.

6pm-10pm

$200.00 p.p includes dinner, wine and transfers to local accommodation.

03 5756 2000

BYO tomatoes...and let's cook pomodoro sugo.  Villa garden chillies, basil, onions and garlic provided complimentary to those with their own home-grown tomatoes. So...let's cook sugo at Australia's first sugo/passata fiesta.  For one day of the year Villa Gusto will replicate the ways of Nonnas from southern Italy and offer the perfect environment to create pomodoro sugo's rich tomato sauce, ready for the preserving jars. Head chef Emma Handley offers a secret or two on how to make the tastiest sugo, just like they do in Sicily, the home of the tomato.  A lunch of pasta with pomodoro sugo, basil and parmesan, washed down with local Ringer Reef Rose is on the lunch menu. 

Starts at Noon: Lesson and jarring in the Villa garden till 2.00pm followed by a lunch of pasta, sugo, coffee, a glass of rose and biscotti.

$60.00 p.p includes coffee, glass of rosè and biscotti.

Paul Ashton Ph: 0418 136 070 or visit www.runningwild.net.au

A 100 mile run (160km) over 48 hours around the Bogong High Plains for very keen Ultra Marathon runners. The event has the Road Trauma Support Service as their Charity Partner and all participants raise money for this organisation.

Credit Ken Bell - Alpine High Country Media

Walk up Mount Buffalo following the bigwalk, a similar route to the original staker’s track. More details TBC.

Iain Moore on 0419 504 088 or visit www.alpineassault.com.au

A 100km mountain bike challenge over the high plains, fire trails, through creeks and cuttings - finishing in Mount Beauty at the Mountain Bike Park.

Credit: Ken Bell - Alpine High Country Media

Peter Ternes 5752 2414 or info@myrtlefordtennis.com.au

Competition for all levels of tennis, enjoyed over the four days of Easter.  It attracts players from all over Victoria and has become very well known on the Tennis Victoria calendar.  Proving to be very popular with family groups who love to visit the area and play tennis.

0418 564 768

A self devised pantomime piece performed by Alpine Actors Inc in the heart of Bright. 

Starts 11am

Ph 03 5755 1696

Annual open air markets held by the Bright Rotary Club on Easter Saturday. Stalls showcase local and regional produce, clothing as well as arts and crafts.  

Fun for the whole family!

Ph 1300 734 365 or visit www.visitdinnerplain.com

Come and cheer on your team as the country based Geebung Team take on the city slickers of the Cuff 'n' Collar Team.  The day also includes live entertainment, food & wine, games and an Easter egg drop from a helicopter.  

The polo match is an entertaining re-enactment of AB Patterson's famous poem 'The Geeburg Polo Club' whereby the high country cattleman play against the city slickers.  This historic event is getting bigger every year so don't miss out on a great day in the high country. 

Tickets available online at www.visitdinnerplain.com/polo

Ph 03 5754 4008 or visit www.musicmuster.org.au

The Mount Beauty Music Festival promises to present another great programme of artists from blues, roots, world music to comedy and bush poetry. Feature artists will be announced closer to the date.  Set in the picturesque Kiewa Valley at the base of Victoria’s Mount Bogong, the friendly festival brings you “mountains of music”, wine, food and fun. Don’t miss it!

www.brightvic.com/wandinutfestival/

The Wandiligong Nut Festival celebrates the local harvest of chestnuts, hazelnuts, walnuts and apples. Celebrity chefs host cooking demonstrations. The Nut Expo gives information about walnuts, chestnuts and hazelnuts, their preparation and cooking ideas. Art and children's activities along with the Wandi Idol Music Competition, the Largest Nut Competition and a 'bake it, make it, grow it or produce it' market. A great family Day!

Following the success of the inaugural Bright Fun Run, the date for the 2012 event has been confirmed as Sunday 29^th April 2012 starting at 9am from Bright P-12 College.

The Bright Fun Run is a community event for everyone to enjoy promoting good health through fitness and fun. Starting and finishing at Bright P12 College the 2km*, 5km and 10km trails will take participants through Bright towards Wandiligong with spectacular views of the Great Alpine Valleys.

*2km distance approximate, exact distance tbc.

1800 111885 www.brightautumnfestival.org.au  Market Stall Holders Ring 5755 1696

The highlight of the two week Bright Autumn Festival with monster market, bands and entertainment in the morning, the grand parade in the afternoon followed by the RAAF concert in the park. Market commences at 9am and continues all morning with bands and entertainment, Gala Day Parade starts at 1.45pm. RAAF concert in the park starts approx 3pm and play again on Sunday morning with a different repertoire.

Ph: 5754 4396 or visit www.mtbeauty.com/halfmarathon

One of Australia's most scenic runs, the Mount Beauty Marathon caters for amilies and serious runners alike. In its 32nd year, choose the 3km, 10km or half marathon (21km).

Picture credit: Ken Bell - Alpine High Country Media

www.alpineshire.vic.gov.au/Bright150

Remember your youth at Bright P-12 College with a flag raising ceremony at 1pm, followed by a meet and greet in the afternoon, afternoon tea provided. An old time dance and supper will take place from 8pm that evening at the Bright Community Centre, $TBA.

www.greatalpinepick.net

A series of concerts, workshops, jam sessions and dances, featuring many of Australia's finest Bluegrass and Old Timey Bands.

Visitor Information Centre 1800 111 885 or www.alpineshire.vic.gov.au/Bright150

These decades saw the first pine plantations in the Alpine Shire as well as the opening of Buffalo Chalet in 1910 after the proclamation of Mount Buffalo National Park, being the second National Park in Victoria. These events will be celebrated with the historical event on May 26.

0418 564 768 or http://www.davidspicer.com.au/shows/emma-celebrazione

Emma-Celebrazione is based on the story of Emma Ciccotosto, who migrates from an improverished  Italian rural village to Western Australia at the age of 13. The Play opens with Emma, now older cooking for a wedding feast for her family as she regales the audience with tales of her reckless husband and venomous mother-in-law.

Starts 7:30pm, cost TBC

Snowline Hotel - 03 5759 2524

Enjoy this event as Harrietville portrays their take on the 150th celebrations. More information will be available closer to the time.

03 5753 5300/ 0417 243 000 or www.festival.org.au

www.alpineshire.vic.gov.au/Bright150

The tobacco industry expanded rapidly in the Oven Valley during this time. Construction of the Bright Pine Mill commenced in 1936, this week will reflect these decades.

Bright Art Gallery - 03 5750 1660

Featuring classical musicians from Murray Conservatorium.

Rail services and gold dredging cease in the Ovens Valley during the early fifties. These decades will be celebrated with the 150th Ball on July 14.

Jenny Packham - 0418 564 768

Take a nostalgic look back at the 50’s and 60’s with live music and a two course meal. Cash bar (no BYO).

Bright Art Gallery - 03 5750 1660

Featuring classical musicians from Murray Conservatorium.

www.alpineshire.vic.gov.au/Bright150

These decades see the closure of the Ovens Valley railway line, the formation of the Alpine National Park by the Victorian Government and the cessation of the tobacco industry. Tourism is now the biggest industry in Bright and the Alpine Shire.

Alpine Hotel - 03 5755 1366

The final pub celebration comes to Bright as the Alpine Hotel hosts this event. More details will be available closer to the date.

www.alpineshire.vic.gov.au/Bright150

Stay tuned for the final celebrations on the 150 Bright Years calendar to be held during the last week of August, the same time 150 years ago that the first blocks of land were auctioned in Bright.

Ph: 03 57551301 or visit www.brightbrewery.com.au

Every Friday go behind the scenes and find out how the Bright Brewery brew local ingredients right in the heart of beautiful Bright.  Finish with a Tasting Tray of 6 Mountain Crafted beers. 

$18 for Tour and Tasting, $10 for Tour only

03 5755 1540 or visit www.alpineshire.vic.gov.au/Bright150

This poster display will feature John Bright, a famous Orator in the British Parliament in the mid nineteenth century who is best known for his support for removing the anti-competitive Corn Laws which favoured the ealthy British land holders, who were mainly members of the aristocracy. The posters review major aspects of John Bright’s career and comment on the lack of relevance to the naming of a Gold Mining settlement in NE Victoria.

Monday 1-5pm
Tuesday 9:30am-6pm
Wednesday 9:30am-1pm
Thursday 9:30am-5pm
Friday 9:30am-5pm
Saturday 9:30am-12:30pm

 FREE entry

5755 1112 or www.grapeandgrainbar.com.au

Relax in this cosy bar and be treated to a sample of great local wines. A different winery will be showcased each week. Tastings open to the general public, no booking required. Retail sales available.

5755 1112 or www.grapeandgrainbar.com.au

Relax in this cosy bar, enjoy great local beers and local wines whilst being entertained by local musicians. No cover charge.

Bright Art Gallery - 03 5750 1660

This photographic exhibition will showcase photographs from the Bright & District Historical Society collection, covering various aspects of the history of Bright and the surrounding areas.

Bright Art Gallery - 03 5750 1660

In conjunction with the Bright Autumn Festival, the Bright Art Gallery presents their 50th Annual Autumn Art Exhibition. This leading Victorian exhibition attracts first class artists from all over Australia. The official opening will be on the evening of Wednesday April 4.

5750 1853

An original one act play by Ernie Glass drawing on dialogue and music by Tom Stoppard, T.S Eliot, Steve J Spears, Adrian Mitchell, Glen Cardier and Tom Waits. A tragi-comedy, with bizzare and eccentric characters who try to find a sense of meaning and direction in their baffling lives. There will be laughter and there will be tears, but through it all, there will be a sense of hope for the future. The production also has live music performances throughout the play.

Friday 27th April - 7:30pm
Saturday 28th April - 7:30pm
Sunday 29th April - 2:00pm
Thursday 3rd May - 7:30pm
Friday 4th May - 7:30pm
Sunday 6th May - 2:00pm
Friday 11th May - 7:30pm
Saturday 12th May - 7:30pm

$15 adult, $10 concession

1800 111885 or  www.brightautumnfestival.org.au

The 50th year of the Bright Autumn Festival will be fantastic! Experience the splendour of the festivities including live music, street performers, open gardens and tours of local attractions. Gala Day will be held on May 9 with the Gala Day Parade, monster street market and bands. This is a family friendly festival, offering something for all ages.

www.alpineshire.vic.gov.au/Bright150

As part of Bright’s 150th celebration, the Lions Ladies Auxiliary is showcasing the intricate needlework done by the ladies of the house as they rested beside the fireside, candles burning brightly, at the end of a busy day. Also computerised machines that can stitch whilst you are away from the machine.