COVID-19 has affected the overall Spring Garden calendar this year. With the cancellation of  Tulip Time 2020, the Southern Highlands has also seen a reduction in private gardens open for inspection this  Spring. Beautiful gardens have always been a drawcard for visits to the Southern Highlands, with the  region being blessed with some of Australia’s best private gardens.

Date: Tue 1 September 2020 - Mon 30 November 2020

Website: https://www.visitsouthernhighlands.com.au/event/spring-open-garden-booklet/

Email: tourism@wsc.nsw.gov.au

Address:
Beautiful gardens throughout the Southern Highlands region.

ReFrame is a FREE walk-in service for young people aged 12-25 in the Wollondilly and Wingecarribee areas. ReFrame provides psychological therapies delivered by our Mental Health Professionals and Youth Engagement Workers. We provide information, support and services for young people who are having a tough time managing:

• Stress, anxiety or worry
• Depression or feelings of sadness
• Physical health
• Family and relationships, study or work pressures

For further information: call (02) 4683 2776 or (02) 4872 2777

Date: Tue 1 September 2020 - Thu 31 December 2020

Website: https://www.communitylinks.org.au/reframe/

Email: info@communitylinks.org.au

Address:
ONLINE:
Join us at https://zoom.us/j/3525266065
ZOOM ID: 3525266065
Password: 380389

The Exeter Village Market is a country market with a vibrant community of makers, producers and sellers in one of the most beautiful settings in the NSW Southern Highlands. The market has something for everyone - plants, bread, fresh fruit, vegetables, eggs, great coffee, delicious cakes, honey, jams, relishes, sauces, preserves, handcrafted pieces, confectionary, pre-made meals, bric-a-brac, knitwear, jewellery, leather goods, candles & melts, homewares and great design. The markets are COVID Safe with a one-way system for strolling and shopping, hand sanitising and social distancing in place. The market is held on the first Saturday of every month, with the next market on Saturday, October 3rd from 9am to 1.30pm.

Date: Sat 3 October 2020 - Sat 5 December 2020

Website: https://www.exetervillagemarket.com/

Email: info@exetervillagemarket.com

Address:
Exeter Park
Exeter Road, Exeter

Phone: 0419 808 022

Mahalia Barnes plays a stripped back and intimate show at Bowral Bowling Club as part of the Monday Night Music Program. Mahalia Barnes has been in and around music her entire life. Throughout her childhood years she was exposed to everything from Ray Charles, Otis Redding, Wilson Pickett to Ike + Tina Turner, Aretha Franklin, Donny Hathaway and Stevie Wonder, all of which helped shape her into the powerhouse soul and blues vocalist that has jaws dropping every time she picks up a mic. Show Only Tables or Show & Meal Tables available. Mahalia is also performing on Monday 14 December!

Date: Mon 9 November 2020

Website: https://www.eclecticsounds.com.au/

Email: info@eclecticsounds.com.au

Address:
40 Shepherd Street
Bowral NSW 2576

Friends of the Wingecarribee Animal Shelter (FOWAS) need your help to assist with the Bowral monthly FOWAS tin/poster run. This is a great hour of easy walking and helping FOWAS spread the word about the animals available for adoption from the Wingecarribee animal shelter. We also need volunteers to assist us selling raffle tickets at Woolworths Bowral on the , 28th November 2020 & 18th, 19th, 23rd and 24th December 2020. Contact Deborah Barnes 0400 431 821.  

Date: Mon 16 November 2020 - Fri 25 December 2020

Website: https://fowas.org.au/volunteer/

Email: fowas.org.au@gmail.com

Address:
PO Box 199 Moss Vale NSW 2577

The next meeting of the Southern Highlands Evening Branch, CWA NSW is our Christmas meeting and will be held on Thursday 3rd December 2020 at the Bowral CWA rooms in Wingecarribee Street, Bowral at 6.30pm. After several months of meeting on Zoom this will be a welcome face to face meeting. However numbers will be limited and the meeting will be followed by a BYO supper, to comply with Covid-19 public health guidelines. All members are welcome. For more details ring 4871 2378 or email the secretary.shecwa@gmail.com Our branch is dynamic/informal, offers a wide variety of activities and fellowship for all of our members (remember age is no barrier). If you would like to know more please feel free to contact Ros Buick or email the secretary.shecwa@gmail.com

Date: Thu 3 December 2020

Email: secretary.shecwa@gmail.com

Address:
Bowral CWA rooms
Wingecarribee Street,
Bowral NSW 2576

Abby Dobson plays a stripped back and intimate show at Bowral Bowling Club as part of the Monday Night Music Program. Abby Dobson has had a wonderful career as a singer and songwriter. She has a beautiful new solo album of her original compositions, called ‘It’s Okay, Sweetheart’, that she produced with Brad Jones in Nashville. She has released two singles from that album - ‘Give Me Love’ and ‘Everything’s Gonna Be Alright’. She was a founding member of the hugely successfully band, Leonardo’s Bride, who garnered many accolades; their chart-topping song, ‘Even When I’m Sleeping’, winning APRA ‘Song of the Year’ and later voted as one of the APRA‘Top 20 Australian Songs of All Time’. Abby also has a delicious project called Baby et Lulu in which she sings French songs in harmony with the lovely Lara Goodridge of Fourplay fame, in front of an extraordinarily swinging band .

Date: Mon 7 December 2020

Website: https://www.eclecticsounds.com.au

Email: info@eclecticsounds.com.au

Address:
40 Shepherd Street
Bowral NSW 2576

Through the magic of the songs of ABBA, this romantic comedy tells the tale of a daughter’s search for her father. On the eve of her wedding, this quest brings three very different men from her mother’s secret past back to the idyllic Greek island they last visited 20 years ago. Will the truth be discovered? Will the wedding go ahead? Will love conquer all? A celebration of friendship, love and family, MAMMA MIA is exactly the uplifting and joyous experience the world needs now

Date: Thu 10 December 2020 - Sun 20 December 2020

Website: https://www.trybooking.com/events/landing?eid=581056&

Email: https://www.facebook.com/fureytheatreco/

Address:
Clubbe Hall Mittagong
Frensham School
Waverley Parade
Mittagong NSW 2575