Looking for something to do? | Community diary

• When: Bus leaves Bolton Park car park at 8.30am, returns 5.15pm
• Where: Borambola Sport and Recreation Centre
• Cost: $65 per day or $300 for five days. Includes activities and food.
• Details: Rugby League and Tennis Hotshots. Rugby league, tennis, BMX and slider hockey.
• Contact: 13 13 02.

• When: Morning sessions: 9am to 12pm
• Afternoon sessions: 1pm to 4pm
• Full day session: 9am to 4pm
• Where: Belisi Equine Park, 1103 Oura Road, Wagga Wagga
• Cost: $50 for morning/afternoon sessions, $90 full day session
• Details: An introduction to the world of horses conducted in a safe and fun environment! Sessions include ground skills (catching and leading a horse, grooming, feeding, safe behaviour around horses), description and use of riding equipment, riding skills and games. Half day or all day sessions.
• Contact: 0421 277 717

• When: Library opening hours Monday to Saturday
• Where: Wagga Wagga City Library
• Cost: Free
• Details: Looking for a place to chill out and relax for a few hours in the holidays? Mondays to Saturdays in the school holidays, Wagga City Library provides FREE board games, Xbox Kinect, colouring activities, WiFi and of course books! Bring a coffee and relax in the children’s area while the kids get busy.
• Contact: 6926 9700

• When: 10.30am to noon (8 to 12) and 1pm to 2.30pm (13 to 18)
• Where: Wagga City Library
• Cost: $25
• Details: Animate your school holidays by making your own stop motion film! Join film whizzes Alice Markham and John Oldroyd for Waggafest Winter School, and over five sessions you'll create a film that you can share with your friends and enter into the Wagga Waggafest Short Film competition.
• Contact: 6926 9194

Tuesday, June 30

• When: Bus leaves Bolton Park car park at 8.30am, returns 5.15pm
• Where: Borambola Sport and Recreation Centre
• Cost: $65 per day or $300 for five days. Includes activities and food.
• Details: Wicked Wheelchair and Footy Fun. Wheelchair sports, AFL, volleyball and low ropes.
• Contact: 13 13 02

• When: 10.30am to noon (8 to 12) and 1pm to 2.30pm (13 to 18)
• Where: Wagga City Library
• Cost: $25
• Details: Animate your school holidays by making your own stop motion film! Join film whizzes Alice Markham and John Oldroyd for Waggafest Winter School, and over five sessions you'll create a film that you can share with your friends and enter into the Wagga Waggafest Short Film competition.
• Contact: 6926 9194

• When: 10.30am
• Where: Museum of the Riverina Historic Council Chambers
• Cost: $5
• Details: Take some time to write! Remember the lost art of words as you pen a secret message for someone special. A creative writing workshop for kids inspired by the exhibition Written Worlds. This exhibition features handwritten items from the Museum of the Riverina's collection, revealing small pieces of lives and times past.
• Contact: 6926 9654

• When: 10am to 3pm
• Where: Marketplace, Wagga
• Cost: Free

• When: 2pm
• Where: Coolamon Shire Library
• Cost: Gold coin
• Details: Sean Murphy’s on his way to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival via Wagga Wagga. Sean will dish all the dirt on kid’s parties! Kids laugh thinking it's fiction, adults cry knowing it's all true! Bookings essential.
• Contact: 6927 2492

• When: Library opening hours Monday to Saturday
• Where: Wagga Wagga City Library
• Cost: Free
• Details: Looking for a place to chill out and relax for a few hours in the holidays? Mondays to Saturdays in the school holidays, Wagga City Library provides FREE board games, Xbox Kinect, colouring activities, WiFi and of course books! Bring a coffee and relax in the children’s area while the kids get busy.
• Contact: 6926 9700

• When: 4.30pm
• Where: Wagga City Library
• Cost: Gold coin
• Details: Sean Murphy’s on his way to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival via Wagga Wagga. Sean will dish all the dirt on kid’s parties! Kids laugh thinking it's fiction, adults cry knowing it's all true! Bookings essential.
• Contact: 6926 9700

Wednesday, July 1

• Library Screen scene
• Where: Wagga City Library at 10.15am
• Cost: Free
• Details: Children and parents are invited to a welcoming and safe environment to watch some great movies on the big screen. You are welcome to bring yummy snacks  and a snuggly pillow. July 1 will feature The Man from Snowy River (PG). July 8 will feature The Man from Snowy River II.
• Contact: 6926 9700

• When: 10.30am
• Where: Museum of the Riverina Historic Council Chambers
• Cost: $5
• Details: What's in your world? What words describe your world? Could you put it all in a box? Lets try! Create a written world with art educator Trish Harrison. Be inspired by the Museum of the Riverina's handwritten collection, paper sculpture and intricate details of lives past featured in the exhibition Written Worlds.
• Contact: 6926 9654

• When: 10.30am to noon (8 to 12) and 1pm to 2.30pm (13 to 18)
• Where: Wagga City Library
• Cost: $25
• Details: Animate your school holidays by making your own stop motion film! Join film whizzes Alice Markham and John Oldroyd for Waggafest Winter School, and over five sessions you'll create a film that you can share with your friends and enter into the Wagga Waggafest Short Film competition.
• Contact: 6926 9194

• When: Bus leaves Bolton Park car park at 8.30am, returns 5.15pm
• Where: Borambola Sport and Recreation Centre
• Cost: $65 per day or $300 for five days. Includes activities and food.
• Details: Boxercise Bonanza. Boxercise, Oz Tag, indoor rock climbing.
• Contact: 13 13 02

• When: Library opening hours Monday to Saturday
• Where: Wagga Wagga City Library
• Cost: Free
• Details: Looking for a place to chill out and relax for a few hours in the holidays? Mondays to Saturdays in the school holidays, Wagga City Library provides FREE board games, Xbox Kinect, colouring activities, WiFi and of course books! Bring a coffee and relax in the children’s area while the kids get busy.
• Contact: 6926 9700

• When: 10am to 3pm
• Where: Marketplace, Wagga
• Cost: Free

Thursday, July 2

• When: Bus leaves Bolton Park car park at 8.30am, returns 5.15pm
• Where: Borambola Sport and Recreation Centre
• Cost: $65 per day or $300 for five days. Includes activities and food.
• Details: Net Set Go Netball. Netball, traditional Indigenous games, boomerangs and outdoor rock climbing.
• Contact: 13 13 02

• When: 10.30am to noon (8 to 12) and 1pm to 2.30pm (13 to 18)
• Where: Wagga City Library
• Cost: $25
• Details: Animate your school holidays by making your own stop motion film! Join film whizzes Alice Markham and John Oldroyd for Waggafest Winter School, and over five sessions you'll create a film that you can share with your friends and enter into the Wagga Waggafest Short Film competition.
• Contact: 6926 9194

• When: Library opening hours Monday to Saturday
• Where: Wagga Wagga City Library
• Cost: Free
• Details: Looking for a place to chill out and relax for a few hours in the holidays? Mondays to Saturdays in the school holidays, Wagga City Library provides FREE board games, Xbox Kinect, colouring activities, WiFi and of course books! Bring a coffee and relax in the children’s area while the kids get busy.
• Contact: 6926 9700

• When: 7pm
• Where: Civic Theatre
• Cost: Adults $47.80, concession $42.80, child $37.80.
• Details: Local community production of Mary Poppins.
• Contact: 6926 9688

• When: 10am to 3pm
• Where: Marketplace, Wagga
• Cost: Free

Friday, July 3

• When: 9am and 10am
• Where: The Learning Tree, 1/64 Urana Street
• Cost: $15
• Details: Bounce Yoga take the kids on an adventure letting their imagination run wild. They are fun & energetic classes! Classes run for 40 minutes & start from the age of three years old.
• Contact: 0481 160 915

• When: 10.30am to noon (8 to 12) and 1pm to 2.30pm (13 to 18)
• Where: Wagga City Library
• Cost: $25
• Details: Animate your school holidays by making your own stop motion film! Join film whizzes Alice Markham and John Oldroyd for Waggafest Winter School, and over five sessions you'll create a film that you can share with your friends and enter into the Wagga Waggafest Short Film competition.
• Contact: 6926 9194

• When: Library opening hours Monday to Saturday
• Where: Wagga Wagga City Library
• Cost: Free
• Details: Looking for a place to chill out and relax for a few hours in the holidays? Mondays to Saturdays in the school holidays, Wagga City Library provides FREE board games, Xbox Kinect, colouring activities, WiFi and of course books! Bring a coffee and relax in the children’s area while the kids get busy.
• Contact: 6926 9700

• When: 10am to 3pm
• Where: Marketplace, Wagga
• Cost: Free

• When: Bus leaves Bolton Park car park at 8.30am, returns 5.15pm
• Where: Borambola Sport and Recreation Centre
• Cost: $65 per day or $300 for five days. Includes activities and food.
• Details: Ultimate Flying. Ultimate frisbee, archery, flying fox and orienteering.
• Contact: 13 13 02

• When: 7pm
• Where: Civic Theatre
• Cost: Adults $47.80, concession $42.80, child $37.80.
• Details: Local community production of Mary Poppins.
• Contact: 6926 9688

• When: 10am to 4pm
• Where: Wagga Art Gallery
• Cost: Free
• Details: As part of local community celebrations during NAIDOC Week 2015,  Wagga Art Gallery in partnership with SHINE for Kids is proud to showcase an exhibition of Indigenous artwork created by the talented participants of the Colourful Dreaming Program.
• Contact: 6926 9660

• When: 7pm to 10pm
• Where: Wagga Bowling
• Cost: $15
• Details: Love to sing? Love to bowl? This event is for you.
• Contact: 6971 9410

Saturday, July 4

• When: 2pm and 7pm
• Where: Civic Theatre
• Cost: Adults $47.80, concession $42.80, child $37.80.
• Details: Local community production of Mary Poppins.
• Contact: 6926 9688

• When: 10am to 4pm
• Where: Wagga Art Gallery
• Cost: Free
• Details: As part of local community celebrations during NAIDOC Week 2015,  Wagga Art Gallery in partnership with SHINE for Kids is proud to showcase an exhibition of Indigenous artwork created by the talented participants of the Colourful Dreaming Program.
• Contact: 6926 9660

• When: Library opening hours Monday to Saturday
• Where: Wagga Wagga City Library
• Cost: Free
• Details: Looking for a place to chill out and relax for a few hours in the holidays? Mondays to Saturdays in the school holidays, Wagga City Library provides FREE board games, Xbox Kinect, colouring activities, WiFi and of course books! Bring a coffee and relax in the children’s area while the kids get busy.
• Contact: 6926 9700

• When: 7.30pm to 12am
• Where: Downside Hall, off Coolamon Road.
• Cost: Adults $4, children $1
• Details: 8km along the Coolamon Road with traditional folk band The Tin Shed Rattlers. All dances are called. Light supper available.
• Contact: Contact (bh) 6925 4800 (ah) 6928 5541.

Sunday, July 5

• When: 10.30am to 4pm
• Where: Botanic Gardens
• Cost: $2
• Details: Take a ride on the 2km track through the gardens.
• Contact: 6925 2249

• When: 5pm
• Where: Civic Theatre
• Cost: Adults $47.80, concession $42.80, child $37.80.
• Details: Local community production of Mary Poppins.
• Contact: 6926 9688

• When: 10am to 4pm
• Where: Wagga Art Gallery
• Cost: Free
• Details: As part of local community celebrations during NAIDOC Week 2015,  Wagga Art Gallery in partnership with SHINE for Kids is proud to showcase an exhibition of Indigenous artwork created by the talented participants of the Colourful Dreaming Program.
• Contact: 6926 9660

Community diary

• 10am: WAGGA PATCHWORK AND QUILTERS GROUP meets at the ARCC hall on Tarcutta Street until 4pm on first, third, fourth and fifth Tuesdays and every Thursday. Contact Norma on 6922 3393 or Anne on 6922 6404. 
• 10am: CRAFT AT KINGS CHURCH is held each Thursday, during the school term, from 10am to 3pm at Kings Church. Bring along your lunch. The craft sessions are not only for people who can already do craft, but for those people wishing to learn in a helpful environment. Contact 6926 4444. 
• 10am: KOORINGAL SENIORS meet at Sacred Heart Church each Thursday during school terms from 10am to 2pm for a day of enjoyment and friendship. Activities include craft, cards and bingo. Morning tea and lunch are provided. Cost $7 and transport is available. Phone Fay on 6922 6883 or Mary on 6921 4770. 
• 10am: Do you need a JP? At the Wagga courthouse every Thursday until 1pm, offering help for witnessing, signing and certifying documents. 
• 1pm: VIETNAM VETERANS (VVP & PA)  Riverina Sub-branch meets at the RSL Club on the last Thursday of each month. All ex-servicemen/women welcome. Contact Ralph Todd on 6926 6276. 
• 1.30pm: STORYTIME at Mount Austin Public School every Thursday for all children (regardless of where they live or school they wish to attend) until 2.30pm. Come to the school library and share in stories, games, activities, songs, craft and afternoon tea - all run by an experienced teacher. Contact 6925 2481. 
• 2pm: GROW meets at Sunflower Family Services, 47-49 Gurwood Street. GROW is a 12-step group
• offering friendship, support and help in the area of mental health. Contact 1800 558 268 or visit www.grow.org.au. 
• 2.30pm: Stock up on fresh produce at the EAT LOCAL MARKETS. At the Murrumbidgee Turf Club each Thursday.
• 6pm: DADS CARE FOR KIDS a monthly support group for separated and single dads raising children. 6pm to 8.30pm Parish Centre, Johnson Street. Contact Peter on 0408 241 673 or Dean on 0427 373 862.
• 7pm: NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS: At the rear of St Paul’s Anglican Church, corner of Mitchelmore Street and Fernleigh Road, Wagga. 
• 7.30pm: ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, Salvation Army Hall, Edward Street, (next to McDonalds). Contact 1300 22 22 22 or www.wagga.aagroup.org.au.

FRIDAY, JUNE 26

• 9am: WAGGA RIVERINA LAPIDARY CLUB INC at 7 Small Street, Wagga invites you to drop in to the clubroom during a session and see what they do and how they do it until 3pm. Friday activities are wire-wrapping and silversmithing. Contact Cheryl Lynch on 6933 1112. 
• 9.30am: SCHOOL FOR SENIORS open to anyone 45 and over until 2.30pm. Fee for each term is $10 at Wesley Uniting Church, Johnston Street. Light exercises, old time dancing, current affairs, speaking with confidence, guest speakers on a wide variety topics and services in Wagga, basic computer lessons for beginners, art and ladies choir, morning tea. Contact Gordon Mowbray on 6926 2218. 
• 10am: WAGGA WOMEN’S BOWLING CLUB will hold a coffee morning at Shaw Street clubhouse at 10am.  Raffles, lucky doors, trading table. The guest speaker will be Jacqueline Dinan, author of a book called Between the Dances World War 2: Women tell their stories, revealing poignant and personal conversations, photographs and letters from over 300 remarkable women. For bookings Contact Judyth Tuckey 6922 3859 to book.
• 10.30am: DROP-IN CENTRE open each weekday at the Wesley Complex, 21 Johnston Street for light lunches, tea and coffee. 
• 7pm:  WAGGA BABY BOOMERS SINGLES GROUP meets at the RSL club on Friday nights from 7pm. Contact 0417 779 481 between 9am to 6pm. 
• 7pm: ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, Salvation Army Hall, Edward Street, (next to McDonalds). Contact 1300 22 22 22 or www.wagga.aagroup.org.au. 

SATURDAY, JUNE 27

• 9am: WAGGA DEMONSTRATION GARDEN is open on Shaw Street every Saturday until noon. Organic vegetables such as kale, silverbeet, rhubarb, lettuce, bok choy, herbs and more. There is also a veggie buy/swap. Contact Kerri on 0429 386 429. 
• 10am: TOY LIBRARY WAGGA is open from 10am to 1pm  in the children's section of the Wagga library. Family membership is $30 (for 13 months) and $2 a toy for one month, four items at a time. Contact 6971 9722. 
• 1pm: WAGGA RIVERINA LAPIDARY CLUB INC at 7 Small Street, Wagga invites you to drop in to the clubroom during a session and see what they do and how they do it until 5pm. Friday activities are wire-wrapping and silversmithing. Contact Cheryl Lynch on 6933 1112. 
• 1.30pm: GRANDVIEW TENNIS CLUB every Saturday from 1.30pm at Sunshine Avenue. Cost for unregistered players, $5. Players are welcome to come along and join us for a game. Contact Diana North on 6925 43 95. 
• 6pm: ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, Anglican Church Hall, corner Mitchelmore Street and Fernleigh Road, (hall around the back). Contact 1300 22 22 22 or www.wagga.aagroup.org.au  

SUNDAY, JUNE 28 

• 7.30pm: ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, Baptist Church, 154 to 156 Tarcutta Street. Contact 1300 22 22 22 or www.wagga.aagroup.org.au. 

MONDAY, JUNE 29

• 10am: WAGGA AND DISTRICT FAMILY HISTORY SOCIETY’S open 10am to 4pm at 24 Tarakan Avenue, Ashmont. New members welcome. Contact Lyn on 6925 0319. 
• 10am: BETTER HEARING AUSTRALIA, lip-reading classes and hearing management. Contact 6922 1197 or 6931 7446.  
• 10.30am: DROP-IN CENTRE open each weekday at the Wesley Complex, 21 Johnston Street for light lunches, tea and coffee. All very welcome. 
• 10.30am: GROW meets at the mental health unit, Wagga Base Hospital. GROW is a 12-step group offering friendship, support and help in the area of mental health. Contact 1800 558 268 or visit www.grow.org.au. 
• 11am: WAGGA RAIL HERITAGE ASSOCIATION MUSEUM, on the railway station platform. Various railway artefacts and enhanced historic photos are on display. Admission by gold coin donation. Contact Phil on 0421 590 252. 
• Noon: WAGGA SOCIAL SLIMMERS meet at the Commercial Club, Gurwood Street. Weigh-in from noon; meeting 1pm. Contact Edith on 6931 4403.
• Noon: AL-ANON FAMILY GROUPS is a support group for families and friends where there is a problem with drinking alcohol in the home. Meetings are held each Monday at St Paul’s Church on the corner of Fernleigh Road and Mitchelmore Street. Contact Judy on 0407 351 884.
• 3.30pm: TAI CHI FOR ARTHRITIS, Uniting Church, Johnson Street from 3.30pm to 4.30pm. Cost $5. Learn to 12 moves of the tai chi for arthritis form as taught by Dr Paul Lam. Contact Lorraine on 0412 303 245 or 6926 3203. 
• 6pm WAGGA SCOUTS (GLENFIELD) scouts session takes place Monday between 6.30pm and 8pm. Contact Aileen Cooke on 6922 3723.
• 6pm: ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, Women’s meeting, Anglican Church Hall, Corner Mitchelmore Street and Fernleigh Road, (hall around the back). Contact 1300 22 22 22 or www.wagga.aagroup.org.au.  
• 7pm: CANTILENA SINGERS new members night. If you love to sing, why not join the Cantilena Singers Wagga. We are inviting new members to come along and sing with our choir. Find pleasure with us on Monday evenings for two hours at the Riverina Conservatorium of Music at 7pm. There will be supper afterwards.
• 7.30pm: NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS: At the Calvary Drug and Alcohol Centre, 1 Emblem Street. 
• 7.30pm: WAGGA WAGGA MODEL RAILROADERS INC. meets every Monday at 7.30pm at hall, corner Dobney and Veale streets. Visitors welcome. Contact Graeme Hearn on 6920 3726.
• 7.30pm: NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS: At the Calvary Drug and Alcohol Centre, 1 Emblem Street.