Latrobe Regional Gallery, Commercial Road, Morwell. Contact Fiona West on T: 51285700

On White Canvas explores the virtues of quietude expressed through Colin Bennison’s diverse collection of subjects. Bennison draws inspiration from his photography that documents the nuances of nature, the grandeur of landscape and figures in moments of solitude. Portrayed in the delicacy of charcoal and conte crayon, these works exude a sense of stillness and reflection that is highlighted by the undisturbed spaces of white canvas. This use of space framing the subjects and the gentle gradation of tone, are just some of the qualities in Bennison’s work that set this contemplative mood. Exhibition opening and conversations with the artist 5 May 1pm -3pm.

For any enquiries regarding this event, please contact the club via telephone (03) 5120 1333 or email m.ballard@countryracing.com.au

Come to midweek racing at Moe Racing Club and you will enjoy:-

• Free gate entry; Indoor bar and betting facilities; Plus easy access to all the oncourse facilities; Turfside Tabaret is open all day on track
• Bistro open for lunch from midday to 3pm and dinner from 6pm; TAB and Sports Bar for you to enjoy.         
          
  

Jessica on 0402352283 or central.gippsland.wedding.expo@hotmail.com

Moe RSL, Albert Street, Moe.

FREE Champaigne on arrival for Brides to be. FREE goodie bag for Brides to be, FREE entry into the raffle for all Brides to be!!! Raffle, door prizes, expo only specials and much more! 

Proceeds from the Expo will go to Camp Quality.

For Bookings call 0414 823 417 or visit www.bitesizedcircus.com

Roll up! Roll up! A new circus is coming to town. The Great Australian Bite-Sized Circus is bringing the big top to your area in 2012! Combining spectacular circus acts with mysterious theatrics. The Bite-Sized Circus is set to delight Australian audiences with acts of skill, dexterity and comedic timing. Family fun at its finest!

Morwell - 6.30pm, Tuesday 23 May at Town Common - At the Big-top!

Traralgon - 2pm & 6.30pm, Saturday 26 May at Rec Reserve, Old Trafford Oval

Moe - 6.30pm, Tuesday 29 May at Apex Park - At the Big-top!

Ticket prices: Under 3 - Free, Kids $12, Concession $15 and Adults $18

Carol Bryant at Gippsland Car Club on 5174 1473 or johnandcarolbryant@yahoo.com.au

Bryant Park, Bill Schulz Drive Yallourn

A Multiclub Hillclimb featuring all types of racing cars from open wheeler, historic ,sports cars to sports sedans. An entertaining day of motorsport for enthusiasts.

www.gippslandcarclub.com.au

Amanda Owen at Latrobe City Council on 5128 5639 or amandaow@latrobe.vic.gov.au

A free community celebration with dancing, music, film and fun.

Learn the dance at www.facebook.com/dancewithme project and join in!

Anita Stratton at Gippsland Go Kart Club on 5174 3870 or 0407 743 870 or nfo@ggkc.org.au

From 10am at Tramway Park Raceway, Cnr Princes Drive & Tramway Road Morwell.

Come along and see some great racing from all ages.  We have full canteen facilities and admission is free.  Everyone welcome.

www.ggkc.org.au

Box Office at Latrobe Performing Arts Centre on 5176 3559 or boxoffice@latrobe.vic.gov.au

The National Film & Sound Archive's Big Screen Film Series presents films that showcase the depth and breadth of Australian Stories.

"Face to Face" (MA 15+, 85 mins)

From Australia's most acclaimed playwright David Williamson, a powerful new film about lies, betrayal, sex and bullying. A young construction worker (Luke Ford) rams into his boss's Jaguar in a fit of anger. Rather than court, he tries to explain his actions in a community conference. Starring Vince Colosimo and Sigrid Thornton.

Peter Bennett at TCAG on 0429 429 240 or pben81101@bigpond.com

9.00am to 4.00pm at Latrobe City Archery Park, Moe.

A one day FITA event with distances shot from 90m back to 30m.

For any enquiries regarding this event, please contact the club via telephone (03) 5120 1333 or email m.ballard@countryracing.com.au

Come to midweek racing at Moe Racing Club and you will enjoy:-

Contact Julie Parker at Hill End Community Inc. Tanjil Valley Art Show Committee on 56354288 or julanalpaca@lycos .com

6th annual art and photography exhibition attracts many entries and visitors to the picturesque hamlet of Hill End. Includes youth sections. Home made refreshments daily. Entries close 25 May.

Contact Di Berryman at Latrobe Valley Mixed Dart League on 0408514102

Latrobe Valley Mixed Dart league will be hosting the Victrorian Dart Open

Contact Matt Beatson on 0351278300 or matt@stadium34.com.au

The cream of the crop in Victorian inline hockey is heading to Stadium 34 in Moe. The 2012 Victorian Inline Hockey State Championships will be played and won over the Queen’s birthday weekend, June 9th to 11th. Teams from all over Victoria will compete in junior, senior and women competitions to determine the best overall club in the state.

Location: Stadium 34. 34 Bell Street, Moe.

Contact Bruce James at Latrobe Valley Yacht Club on 0427559499 or lvyc@dcsi.net.au

The 2012 Latrobe City Sauna Sail will be held on the long Weekend in June (9, 10& 11) at Latrobe Valley Yacht Club, Hazelwood Pondage. The Sauna Sail is a significant event on the Victorian Sailing Calendar for "off the beach" classes and has been run at Hazelwood Pondage since the mid 1960s. During its history the event has attracted sailors from throughout south-eastern Australia and has often been used as a warm up for both national and international events, particularly sailors who travel to Europe for major events in the northern summer. Sauna Sail attracts a broad rage of sailing enthusiasts. It is not uncommon to have three generations of sailors from the same family participating together. Novices and elite sailors alike are welcome and sail side by side throughout the weekend. The recent inclusion of the Access Dinghy classes has opened the way for disabled sailors to take part in the same events as the rest of the sailing community. .

Contact Brendan Blackshaw at Morwell Football and Netball Club on 0407352399 or morwellfc@bigpond.com

Run for the second year, the Queens Birthday Monday sees the clash of Morwell and Traralgon Football and Netball teams at Morwell Recreation Reserve. This day attracts a huge crowd and is a great day to come and enjoy some quality football and netball in the regions premier Gippsland League. Additional catering and children's entertainment will be on offer. Arrive early for you space on the fence as a huge crowd will be in attendance if history is anything to go by.

Contact Box Office at Latrobe Performing Arts Public Program on 5176 3559 or boxoffice@latrobe.vic.gov.au

Following on from the success of 10inTEN in 2011, the show will again be staged in 2012. 10inTEN is a local production using local actors and directors to present a 'one night only' event of ten minute plays. Reservations can be made through the performing Arts Centre Box Office.

Time: 8pm

Cost: LPA Member $10.00; Admission $15.00 per person

Tramway Park Raceway, Cnr Princes Drive & Tramway Road Morwell. Contact Anita Stratton at Gippsland Go Kart Club on 5174 3870 or 0407 743 870

Come along and see some great go kart racing from all ages in a full weekend of racing.  We have full canteen facilities and admission is free.  Everyone welcome.

Times: Saturday from 11.00 am - 4.00 pm and Sunday 10.00 am - 4.00 pm.

Contact Box Office at Latrobe Performing Arts Centre on 5176 3559 or boxoffice@latrobe.vic.gov.au

The National Film & Sound Archive's Big Screen Film Series presents films that showcase the depth and breadth of Australian Stories.

"The Eye of The Storm" (MA 15+, 114 mins) shows Elizabeth (Charlotte Rampling), is once a great beatuy who controls her staff and her adult children to the very end. Judy Davis plays the dayghter with a failed marriage into French nobility; Geoffrey Rush plays the son, a playboy actor with a knighthood.

Time: 7pm

Cost: LPA Member FREE; Admission $6.00 per person

Contact Jess Lloyd at Australian University Sport on 5128 5789 or sug.coordinator@unisport.com.au

The Southern University Games will be held in Latrobe City from 2-6 July 2012 with 1800 participants from universities within Victoria, Tasmania and South Australia descending upon the city to compete in one of 16 sports on offer. Sports are being played at venues in Churchill, Moe, Morwell and Traralgon. Come along and get amongst the action! For more information on the Southern University Games go to www.unisport.com.au/events/SUG.  

Traralgon Lions Club admin@lionsclubtraralgon.asn.au

Michael Fozard on 5127 3082 or enquiries@gippslandheritagepark.com.au

Old Gippstown's market is held on the last Saturday of the month. The produce and variety market focuses on fresh produce, which will make it a great opportunity to buy your weekly fruit and vegetables. Crafts, bric-a-brac, and collectables, as well as car boot sales will also be available. Parking is easy and entry includes access to the rest of the park. Pack a picnic, buy lunch, or have a devonshire tea. On some months extra interest is provided by groups, such as, car clubs, or performances by music or arts groups.

Entry is for the cost of a gold coin and the market is open from 9am until 2pm.

0407 532 957

A great variety of new and second hand goods, family canteen, crafts, plants, bric-a-brac, cut price groceries and a great atmosphere are all aspects of the Latrobe Country Market which is held every Sunday, 8:30am - 1:30pm.

Secretary at Gippsland Model Engineering Society on 5174 0035 or lmh-080808@bigpond.com

The Gippsland Model Engineering Society will be providing miniature steam and diesel train rides for all ages at Newman Park Railway, next to Victory Park, Peterkin Street, Traralgon. (weather permitting). The Railway has 200 metres of 3½" Gauge track, and 1,100 metres of parkland 5" and 7¼" Gauge track crossing three small bridges. Connecting tracks, sidings & steaming bays add another 500 metres of track. As a Health and Safety requirement, fully enclosed footwear must be worn.

Latrobe Regional Art Gallery, Commercial Road Morwell. Contact Fiona West on T: 51285700

Curated by Tugi Balog. A Bathurst Regional Art Gallery touring exhibition MAY’S: The May Lane Street Art Project is a survey of the artworks created at May Lane between 2005 and 2010 by celebrated Australian and international street artists. The May’s Lane project is an outdoor gallery space located in St Peters in Sydney's inner west. Tugi Balog, a local businessman who turned the exterior walls of his business premises into a site-specific gallery for street artists, has been documenting the May Lane project since its inception in 2005. As a result, May’s has a collection of over 100 panels spanning the life of the project and incorporating all the artists who have created work in May Lane. This exhibition is supported by Visions of Australia, an Australian Government program supporting touring exhibitions by providing funding assistance for the development and touring of Australian cultural material across Australia.

Latrobe Regional Art Gallery, Commercial Road, Morwell. Contact Fiona West on T: 51285700

The Cbus Collection houses a strong selection of Australian landscape paintings by significant artists. Overland focuses on journeys taken across terrain and the intuitive relationship each artist has with the environment. Picturesque pastoral scenes and the introduction of people, horses and drovers highlight working life on the land often with a romantic quality. Artists such as Samuel Thomas Gill, Frederick McCubbin, George Lambert, Arthur Boyd, Eugene von Guerard and J.H.Scheltema capture direct or symbolic responses to scenic views, hillsides, riverbanks, dead trees, stone houses and quiet spaces.

Latrobe Regional Gallery, Commercial Road, Morwell. Contact Fiona West on 51285700

Far away places, revisited memories and imaginary lands are just some of the scenes depicted in Escapism: Places to dream of by members of the Morwell Art Group, Moe Art Society and Traralgon & District Art Society. This exhibition will showcase a variety of works in different mediums in response to the premise of portraying a place of reality or fantasy in which the artist wishes to visit. Recognisable locations, personal moments and scenes entirely constructed from the imagination will be on display to challenge and amuse.