Research has proven that stress has a huge impact on our health and our lives. I’m sure for many of you just getting to work by battling with the traffic increases your stress levels… and your day has just begun.
The Manly Arts Festival 2008 will be in full swing from 12 - 28 September 2008 which celebrates our creative diversity and our passion for art in all its forms. Manly Council is continually striving to create affordable and accessible opportunities for participation in the creative arts.
Manly Arts Festival began in 1994 and has since grown into one of the State’s leading community-based arts festivals. The strength of the Festival lies in its diversity, featuring visual art exhibitions, music, workshops, youth and kids events, theatre, performance and literary events.
The 2008 Manly Arts Festival will be launched at the Manly Art Gallery & Museum, West Esplanade, Manly the heart of arts and culture in Manly on Friday 12 Sept, 6 - 8pm Cost: Free Contact: 9976 1420
A special exhibition at the Gallery, funded by Arts NSW, Bruce Goold - Artist, Designer, Printmaker. Also, the public art project Frameworks will be launched featuring Togetherness, Art for Humanity - diverse artists creating art to bring people together.
A glimpse of Manly Arts Festival…
* Sydney Chamber Music Festival Gala Concert Music by Mozart, Ravel, Brahms and Beethoven, as well as a premiere work by Australian composer * Aerosol Art Workshop and Exhibition
* Music on the Ferries
* Manly Art Crawl
* Manly Sculpture Walk
* and so much more!
A great family experience for both locals and visitors to enjoy. Manly is a great holiday destination the whole family can enjoy. Take that much deserved break you’ve been meaning to give yourself and your family and book your accomodation and we’ll see you at the Manly Arts Festival.
Attention Golfers: Fundraiser: The Annual Sunnyfield Golf Day is fast approaching on Tuesday 30 September 2008
This is a great day to not only test your skills but a great opportunity to help raise funds for a great cause…. Sunnyfield…Enabling independence for people with disbilities.
This annual event will take place at the picturesque Cromer Golf Club on the Group One 18 hole Golf Course. Mighty Mark Bylsma will be striking balls for golfers at the annual Sunnyfield Golf Day
Features of the Golf Day include:
Test your skill or luck on the Scott & Broad ‘hole-in-one’ competition for a jackpot prize of $20,000!!
Fresh from the European Circuit, Australian Ladies Golfer Carlie Butler, will be auctioning her skills to the highest bidding team!
A recap of the day at the Clubhouse for prize presentation and a delicious two course meal and refreshments.
Special auction prize donated by current Australian Senior PGA Champion, David Merriman. The prize will allow one lucky bidding group to secure a round of golf for three with the champion, lunch included on one of Australia’s most prestige golf courses.
Sponsorship Options available to help make this a fantastic fundraiser for the annual Sunnyfield Golf Day being held on Tuesday 30 September 2008! Register today for a fantastic golfing day!
Spinach Lasagne Recipe is sure to be a family favourite. This lasagne recipe uses more pasta and less filling to ensure a high-carbohydrate, low-fat content. Simply use thin layers of filling and put a sheet of pasta in between each different layer in the dish.
Ingredients
2 teaspoons olive oil
350 grams minced beef
1 clove garlic, finely chopped
1 cup pumpkin, chopped
1 potato, chopped
200 grams mushrooms, sliced
1 teaspoon MAGGI Beef Stock Powder
1/2 cup water, hot
1/2 cup red wine
1/2 cup tasty cheese, grated
Heat oil in large saucepan, add beef, cook, stirring until brown. Reduce heat, add garlic, pumpkin, potato and mushrooms, cook, stirring 2 minutes.
Add stock powder, hot water, wine and tomato puree to beef mixture; simmer uncovered 15 minutes, stir occasionally.
Meanwhile, prepare sauce mix according to directions on the packet. Add spinach. Preheat oven to 190°C.
Spread 1/3 cheese sauce over base of shallow ovenproof dish. Place 3 lasagne sheets over 1/2 the beef mixture and another 1/3 cheese sauce. Top with 3 lasagne sheets, remaining beef mixture, then remaining sheets and cheese sauce. Sprinkle top with cheese.
Bake in oven about 40 minutes or until top is golden brown. Stand 15 minutes before serving with a leafy green salad.
Preparation time = 10 minutes
Cooking Time = 60 minutes Recipe Source
The Beijing Olympic Games have begun … Here’s another exciting competition to enter to Win $1000 Nestle Go For Gold Competition….or be an instant winner of the $10,000!
For your chance to win $1,000, simply purchase any product from the Allen’s, Kit Kat, Smarties, Nestle confectionery medium bar range (35g-78g) or NESTLÉ chocolate block ranges (100g-200g), including any “Win $10,000 instantly” Promotional Product.
Also up for grabs…. look for a winning Gold Medal Ticket in specially marked “Win $10,000 instantly” packs of Allen’s; Kit Kat; Smarties 50g carton or Smarties Fun Pack; Milkybar 50g; Crunch 45g; Peppermint Crisp 35g during the Promotion Period for your chance to win $10,000 instantly.
Plus, there are 20 Allen’s Zaps™ to collect. One in every specially marked Allen’s pack!
I’m off to the shop to pick up my favourite Peppermint Crisp to enter for the chance to win $1000 Nestle Go For Gold Competition….and I have won competitions before so you never know!
Have you often thought of visiting New Zealand and never got around to it? Now’s your chance in the Win New Zealand Holiday for your family.
New Zealand has a wide variety of climates and landscapes for visitors to explore. From snow capped mountains like those in Wanaka which is a popular tourist destination and ski resort in the Southern Alps to sandy white beaches at Otago Peninsula.
New Zealand is a great holiday destination the whole family can enjoy. Take that much deserved break you’ve been meaning to give yourself and your family.
To enter purchase any 2 Colgate oral health care products in the same transaction. Send your completed in store entry form, including a response of 25 words or less to the following question. “How do you maintain a healthy smile for life?”, and a photocopy of your original store receipt for the eligible purchases.
Send to Colgate New Zealand family holiday promotion
PO Box 576 Eastern Suburbs MC NSW 2004
Entries to Win New Zealand Holiday close on 7/9/08. You’ve got to ‘be in it’… ‘to win it’ so send in your entry and you could soon be off to New Zealand for your next family holiday.