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Wednesday, October 31, 2012 NEWCASTLE HERALD 43

Saturday 3rd & Sunday 4th Novemberfrom 10am throughout Wollombi village

� WINE TASTING � FOOD AND LOCAL PRODUCE STALLS �� ARTS AND CRAFTS � MUSICAL ENTERTAINMENTS �

� STREET PERFORMERS � KIDS ANIMAL FARM �� NSW CORP MARINE HISTORICAL RE-ENACTMENTS �

� LANTERN PARADE AND BONFIRE �� SCULPTURE IN THE VINEYARDS � BUSH POETRY �

� A PERFORMING BRUMBY HORSE �AND MORE...

Thanking our 2012 Sponsors and Partners...Sharpes Tractor Centre - Sweetmans TimberWollombi Real Estate - Noyce Brothers Wine

Endeavour Museum - Wollombi Tennis Club - St Johns Church

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VISITING WOLLOMBI?VISITING WOLLOMBI?

APPTRAK STUD OFFERS UNIQUE SELF CONTAINED

ACCOMMODATION, WITH THE DAIRY (2 BEDROOM COTTAGE)

AND CORNSHED COTTAGE (1 BEDROOM COTTAGE).

Situated on a 200 acre horse property, at the entrance to the Wollombi Valley, we have a wide variety of bushwalking available along marked trails

or follow small tracks. Natural flora & fauna include rugged terrain, open pastures, small rainforests, bush orchids, lillipilli, caves & Wollombi Brook.

Animals are welcome (by arrangement). For horse enthusiasts(with their own horses) we have an indoor arena, trails & jumps.

88 Murrays Run Road, Laguna • PH: (02) 4998 8412

Take the time to sit down, relax, look around & see the grapes growing on the vines around

WOLLOMBI VILLAGE

VINEYARD’S CELLAR DOOR,located in the heart of Wollombi.

Open weekends & long weekends only. Visit, sit, relax, taste authentic Italian liqueurs & quality wines, at

affordable prices!

2971 Paynes Crossing Rd, Wollombi • PH: 0419 997 434

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BREAKFASTBREAKFASTFriday, Saturday, SundayFriday, Saturday, Sunday

8am-11am8am-11amLUNCHLUNCH

Thursday to MondayThursday to Monday 2-3pm2-3pm

DINNERDINNERFriday, Saturday & SundayFriday, Saturday & Sunday

From 7pmFrom 7pm

2884 Wollombi Road, Wollombi2884 Wollombi Road, Wollombi

Reservations:Reservations: Phone 4998 3403Phone 4998 3403

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Wollombi Country FairA Newcastle Herald advertising feature

A fairbet for retail relaxation

ALL THE FUN: Wollombi Valley Country Fair in Negro Street this weekend will feature stalls of all kinds, historicalre-enactments, Rob Pankhurst reciting bush poetry with his brumbies and much more.

THE streets of Wollombi are set toripple with activity this weekend,November 3 and 4, during theWollombi Valley Country Fair.

Negro Street will be buzzing withart, craft, wine and food stalls, musicand entertainment.

Visitors can browse the stalls forgemstones, hats, fossils, shoes,alpaca, olive and silk products,soaps, plants, flowers, vegetables,paintings, photographs, books,cakes, jewellery and even clothnappies. They can also treatthemselves to a massage, a cuppaand a sweet treat, or a glass of localwine.

Bands will be playing in NegroStreet on both days: Haydyn Wilsonon Saturday, and Millfield localBrian Stitt and the RunawayCabbages on Sunday.

There will also be buskers. RobPankhurst, joined by his brumbies,will be reciting bush poetry andentertaining the crowds.

Visitors might hear a musket fireor the boom of a cannon, or spot aconvict walking around in leg irons,as the NSW Corp of Marines performhistorical re-enactments.

Sculpture in the Vineyards opensin the Grays Inn garden on Saturday,before the lantern parade snakes itsway through the village to a bonfirein the Wollombi Tavern grounds.Learn more about the history of theregion during the museum open dayon Sunday. Fair organisers are stillaccepting stall-holders.

Application forms are availablefrom Wollombi General Stall and theWollombi Valley Country Fairwebsite, fair.wollombi.nsw.au.

Sculpturepark opensAUSTRALIA’S pre-eminent artcritic and writer John McDonaldcalled Wollombi’s DefianceSculpture Park at The Gate Gallery‘‘the best sculpture park inAustralia’’ when he opened it onSeptember 29.

The Sculpture Park is now open tothe publicfrom 10am to3pm, Friday toMonday, andby appoint-ment.

DefianceGallery andThe GateGallery havejoined forcesto establish apermanentsculpture parkof nationalsignificancecelebratingthe wealth of talent in Australiansculpture. It is the first of its kind inAustralia.

Fifty outdoor works by prominentand emerging Australian andinternational sculptors will beplaced throughout the eighthectares of gardens surroundingThe Gate Gallery.

Visit thegategallery.com.au ordefiancegallery.com for moreinformation.

Mottys Recycled TimberMottys Recycled TimberTABLES, ANTIQUES AND ARTTABLES, ANTIQUES AND ART

Specialising in HandmadeRecycled Timber TablesRecycled Timber Tables

to order.to order.

DESIGN YOURSELF ORDESIGN YOURSELF OR PICK FROM OUR LIMITEDPICK FROM OUR LIMITED

FLOOR STOCK.FLOOR STOCK.

Lots of interestingLots of interestingAntiques and local Art.Antiques and local Art.

288 Wollombi Rd, Wollombi NSW(just near Noyce Wines)

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