COVID warning
Be prepared
With the COVID lockdown covering all of the state to varying degrees, restrictions may be in place relating to identified hot spots. Check with NSW Health for current information before travelling or attending events in the community. Any events that do go ahead will run under COVID-Safe rules under current health orders. Please check with organisers if your desired events are still going ahead.
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Nowra CWA
Brain strain
Nowra CWA is gearing up to host a fun afternoon of all things trivia related next month. The community fundraiser will raise money for a local charity, while tea, coffee and scones will be served during the break. Bookings are required and numbers are limited. Six people per table. Saturday, August 14. 1pm. CWA Rooms, 39 Berry Street, Nowra. $20 per person. Call 4421 4151 to book and pay by August 10.
Trivia night
Fund-raiser
The Callala District Soccer Club needs you to put on your thinking caps and get to their club fund-raiser trivia night. Amazing prizes valued at over $1000. July 31. 6.30pm. $15 per person, 10 people per table (or $150 per table). Contact callalasoccerclub@gmail.com or Anna on 0434 350 338.
Markets
Various
Here's your weekend chance to pick up some local food and producers, crafts, plants, clothing, hand made goodies and home wares, amongst other items. There are three markets, all on Sunday, August 1, so you could make a local road trip of the day. Culburra Beach Markets. 8am to 2pm. 210 Prince Edward Avenue, Culburra Beach. Berry Markets. 8.30am to 2.30pm. Berry Showground, 35 Alexandra Street, Berry. Murramarang Market. 9am to 1pm. Kioloa Community Centre, 650 Murramarang Road, Kioloa.
Thrive Together Fair
Informative
The Thrive Together Fair is a council initiative that brings a variety of government and non-government services together. Whether you need financial, housing, health, mental health, legal or government support, someone will be able to answer your questions. Free activities and entertainment for the family. Buses will run from Kangaroo Valley, Berry, Ulladulla, Basin View, Sanctuary Point, Huskisson, East Nowra, Nowra and Bomaderry to ensure that no-one misses out. Wednesday, August 4. 10am to 3pm. Shoalhaven Indoor Sports Centre, Bomaderry.
Present Tense
Exhibition
This exhibition by Adrian Baiada and Bonnie Porter Greene explores the tension experienced throughout Shoalhaven in landscapes that once were spaces of escape, but now embody trauma due to bush fires. Until August 28. Shoalhaven Regional Gallery, Nowra.
Winter Exhibition
On now
The Millhouse Art Society Winter Exhibition is a collection of over 80 original works from local artists featuring contemporary and traditional paintings to suit all tastes. A great opportunity to purchase an original artwork. Until August 31. 69A Princes Highway, Milton. Phone 02 4455 7211.
Point of Reference
Exhibition
The first solo exhibition by Brisbane artist Jeanette Stok. Over the last decade she has been modifying traditional embroidery techniques for use with alternative materials, such as galvanised wire mesh and black plastic gutter guard. July 10 to August 28. Shoalhaven Regional Art Gallery.
Film festival
Put in the diary
Huskisson will host the Sydney Film Festival's Travelling Film Festival this spring. The Huskisson leg of the tour will be on September 3-5. It will brings some fantastic celluloid delights to your doorstep. Find more details about the tour at www.sff.org.au/TFF. Tickets are now on sale.
Book Week
Plan ahead
Shoalhaven libraries will be celebrating Book Week, an annual celebration by the Children's Book Council of Australia, from August 21 to 27. Nowra, Ulladulla, Milton and Sanctuary Point libraries, along with the mobile libraries, will be taking part. Visit www.shoalhavenlibraries.com.au/book-week.
Post lockdown
For the calendar
Lockdown won't last forever so it will pay to plan ahead. When the road is again open there will be businesses, communities and events aplenty eagerly awaiting your return. Search for events in your community and then start spreading your wings a little further each time to find at least one thing to do every weekend. Most communities have a what's on list so start by checking out council websites or simply googling "what's on [insert location here]".