Please see our What’s On Peninsula Page for details of Events on the Mornington Peninsula leading up to Christmas. Avoid the crowded shopping centres for a day and do some of your Christmas gift buying at one of our local markets. Regular markets include the well known Mornington Racecourse Market and the popular Frankston Sunday […]
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The first day of opening of the Christmas Tree farm this year is on the same day as the Frankston Christmas Festival of Lights, Saturday 24th November. The Festival, in Davey Street, Frankston, which runs from 5.00pm to 10.00pm, will be started off by Santa and Mrs Claus and the host, Sonia Marinelli, from Nine […]
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Santa and his elves ares busy again and so are the folk at the Christmas Tree Farm. They have been giving the final trims to the trees, and decorating the farm ready for the 2012 Christmas Tree Season which starts on Saturday 24th November. The McLellan family have now been growing and selling trees for […]
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A family trip into Melbourne this year will provide you with plenty of opportunity to enter into the spirit of Christmas with many events, activities and sights to delight you all. Melbourne Christmas Festival Christmas Decorations New decorations and lights adorn the city this year. You will see decorations suspended along the tram lines on […]
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Each weekend, during our Christmas opening season, volunteers from the Somerville CFA (Country Fire Authority) Brigade organize and run a sausage sizzle for our visitors. The money raised all goes to help fund the wonderful service they provide to our community. The CFA provides firefighting and other emergency services to all of the country areas […]
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The Christmas Tree farm has been filmed for the TV show “Scope” on Channel 10. The segment will be aired during the Scope Christmas Special which starts at 9am on Christmas Day. Scope is a weekly science show, aimed at children aged 8-14yrs, produced by Channel 10 in conjunction with CSIRO. It normally screens on […]
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Today we have some activities from the Country Fire Authority (CFA). Volunteers from the CFA in Somerville run the BBQ at the Christmas Tree Farm each weekend leading up to Christmas. They raise money to help them carry on their wonderful work and provide yummy food for our visitors. On the CFA site you can […]
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Photographer and blogger Yvette Jenkins O’Dowd has kindly given me permission to show some of her photos. Here is a selection that she has taken from her visits to the Christmas Tree Farm and of her decorated tree at home. Thanks Yvette. I have also displayed some of her photos on the Reader’s Photos Album […]
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One of our readers, Rinni Parker, informed us about this Aussie Christmas Dance Video. Thank you, we enjoy receiving feedback and such useful information. The Australian 12 days of christmas, as performed by the West Australian Dance (Perth technical college) in 1985. It has wonderful animation, dancing and narrative. [dailymotion width=”500″ height=”500″]http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xfq6av_australian-twelve-days-of-christmas-wa-dance-group_music[/dailymotion]
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For today I searched YouTube to find some of the best and more recent videos of outdoor Christmas Light displays in Australia. This is what I came up with but if you want to find more you can do a YouTube search for Christmas Lights Australia. There will still be more YouTube uploads of 2010 […]
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