Past Events

Come and enjoy a morning in McHattan Park at the wonderful Walcha Farmers' Markets

Fresh produce, gourmet food, espresso coffee, pastries, home-made lemonade, plants, beautiful body products and more...

More info at walchafarmersmarket.org.au

Fresh produce, gourmet food, espresso coffee, pastries, home-made lemonade, plants, beautiful body products and more...

More info at http://walchafarmersmarket.org.au/

FREE ENTRY

Devonshire Tea available for a small charge.

All welcome!

For further information: enquiries@walchadhs.com.au

or phone Jane Morrison 0409 897 348

Fresh produce, gourmet food, espresso coffee, pastries, home-made lemonade, plants, beautiful body products and more...

More info at http://walchafarmersmarket.org.au/

YOUTH CLUB HALL

(Walcha Showground)
Corner of DERBY & JAMIESON Streets

Open Daily 10am - 5.00pm
Profit used for local Quota projects

Do you have books to DONATE before the Book Fair???
Deliveries to:

Sue Reardon  |  Julie Yates  |  Cameron Electrical

Walcha Quota Club Contact Person:

Sue Reardon: 02 6777 2716

Fresh produce, gourmet food, espresso coffee, pastries, home-made lemonade, plants, beautiful body products and more...

More info at http://walchafarmersmarket.org.au/

Save the date!

More details to come...

ENTRY  |  Adults $12  |  Children (U17) $2  |  Children (U6) free

Pavilions  |  Showcasing Local Talent

Events & Rides  |  Action, Thrills, Noise & Spills

Animals  |  Come and see the Best in Show

For the Kids  |  Lots to do including Novelty Events

Eats & Treats  |  Lions BBQ, Bar, Showbags & Food Stalls

FRIDAY  |  Ring Events, Cattle Judging, Sheep Judging, Yard Dog Trials, Walcha 'Saw-Off' (Chainsaw & Cross Cut Sawing Competitions), Dog Jumping Competition, Fireworks

SATURDAY  |  Ring Events, Yard Dog Trials, Poultry Show, Woodchop, Pet Competition, Sheep Shearing, two-wheeler Ag-bike competition, Showgirl Public Speaking, Grand Parade, Peanut Scatter, Fashion Parade, Demolition Derby, Kids Novelty events, Rodeo

www.walchashow.org.au

FREE Dinner and Show
Sunday 8 March  |  5pm  |   Walcha Ex-Services Club

RSVP (for catering) Anne, Commonwealth Bank
p: 02 6777 2722  |  e: walcha.nsw@cba.com.au

Award-winning comedian Damian Callinan presents a brilliant night of comic entertainment as part of the Comic Relief Drought Tour touring the New England North West.

This free community event will consist of:

• A stand-up comedy show presented by extraordinary comedian Damian Callinan
• A BBQ
• An opportunity for the community to catch up and socialize with friends

The event will also provide the opportunity to:

• undertake a health check
• receive vital information about available services
• chat discreetly with counsellors and mental health providers
• win a $150 voucher to be spent at a local business

SPONSORED BY:
HealthWISE  |  NSW Government - Regional NSW  |  NSW Government - Local Land Services
Rural Financial Counselling Service NSW  |  ramhp (Rural Adversity Mental Health Program)
phn (Primary Health Network) - Hunter New England & Central Coast

parkrun Walcha

every Saturday @ 'The Whale'  |  8am

Leap into the Leap-Year with Walcha parkrun!!

Launching on Saturday 29 February

visit parkrun.com.au to register and print your personalised barcode

fun  |  free  |  inclusive

Fresh produce, gourmet food, espresso coffee, pastries, home-made lemonade, plants, beautiful body products and more...

More info at http://walchafarmersmarket.org.au/

TWO fabulous DAYS of racing at the Walcha Cup and Races.

FRIDAY brings the Walcha Cup.  A day of glamour, racing and picnicking under the shade of the Elm Trees on the concourse, legacy tree's left by previous committee members, highly appreciated by todays patrons on a hot summers day.  Ladies and gentleman's Fashions of the Field will be awarded on Cup Day.  Friday is a half-day public holiday in Walcha for the Races

SATURDAY, a second day of great racing and a fun day out for the whole family, offering plenty of horse racing, free kids activities and the Kids Fashion of the Fields parades and awards.

TAB, Bookmakers, Bar, BBQ, coffee & ice-creams are available on both days.

TIME (Race times yet to be officially allocated)

Friday:  Gates open 11am  |  First Race 1pm approx.  |  Last Race 5:40pm approx.

Saturday:  Gates open 12pm  |  First Race 2pm approx  |  Last Race 5:40pm approx.

Walcha Jockey Club was named NSW Community Race Club of the Year in 2016.  The award recognises the work country race clubs do and signifies the great lengths Walcha Jockey Club, in particular, go to in putting on a fabulous race meet.

Enjoy breakfast at McHattan Park from 7.30am.  Followed by:-

• Guest speaker - Narelle Campbell (Antarctic station leader)
• Citizenship Awards
• Singing by Walcha Community Singers
• Poetry by Gordon Edmunds
• Flag raising by Walcha Fire Brigade
• Presentation of Colouring In & Writing Competitions
• Dancers from Destiny Dance Studio
• Historical Society exhibition
• Music by Howard Greenwood

Come along and be a part of the festivities with your family and friends.

If wet weather it will be moved to Walcha Central School MPC

Presented by the Australia Day 2020 Committee in conjunction with Walcha Council

Icecream and drinks available for purchase

BYO Chairs & Blankets

Fresh produce, gourmet food, espresso coffee, pastries, home-made lemonade, plants, beautiful body products and more...

More info at http://walchafarmersmarket.org.au/

Nowendoc Summer Fest.
Andrew Clermont's Supper Club is back!

Nowendoc Memorial Hall | Saturday 11 January 2020 | 6pm
Settle in with your friends for some world class music and great fun.
Tickets $40 | U12 FREE | LOCALS FREE  |  BYO Picnic & Drinks

FREE BUS -  Bookings direct with Oxley Explorer 02-6777 2436
Departs Walcha from McHattan Park @ 4:30
Pick-ups available along Thunderbolts Way by prior arrangement

Pre-Book tickets by texting Andrew on 0407 753 809.  Just type "NOW" for bank details to pay & save reply as your ticket  OR Pay at the Door.  Please bring the correct amount to assist our friendly volunteers.

Tea & Coffee and Homemade Goodies available to purchase at the end of the evening.

Clermont has been widely touring for decades from Tamworth to Estonia, USA, Canada, UK, Germany, Kenya, Tanzania and Southeast Asia. You may have seen him with Totally Gourdgeous, at the Tamworth Country Music Festival or just about any festival anywhere.

Last year Brookie & Daniel, Anthony Walmsley and Andrew stole our hearts – now we can catch up with them again.

Internationally renowned didgeridoo maestro Mark Atkins will be a special guest and you are in for a treat. Mark has performed with the Canberra Symphony and the Australian Chamber Orchestras and is a celebrated storyteller, composer and visual artist.

So to get you well into the mood for a fabulous year, Andrew Clermont and friends will bring you a bold taste of the 2019 Supper Club. The best of human creativity and imagination will pour from the fiddle, mandolin, guitar, voice, didgeridoo, banjo, bagpipes and bass. Foot stomping, clapping (in time!) and general good cheer are mandated.

For more information contact Noel Goodwin 0429 955 280.

2 HOURS of
RAPID FIRE | OUTRAGEOUSLY HONEST  |  DELIGHTFULLY IRREVERENT COMEDY!!

Walcha Ex-Services Club  |  DINNER 6.30pm - SHOW starts 8pm

RSVP a must by 18 November 2019  |  Limited Tickets

Book online at www.womenlikeus.com.au OR

Phone HealthWISE  |  02-6792 5514

BUCKING BULL  |  SADDLE BRONC  |  BARE BACK BRONC & BARREL RACES

2pm Start

Adults - $20  |  5-15yrs - $5  |  Under 5 FREE
Family $50

CANTEEN & BAR available.

Live music after the Rodeo

Enquiries: phone Harry King on 0428 772 050

Register from 9am

Billy Cart Derby 10am - 12 noon   |   adjacent to Walcha Farmers Market

For all information please visit

billycart.walcha.net

Walcha Handmade will be holding a High Tea at the Walcha Handmade studio.

Tickets $25 (available at Walcha handmade or Walcha Telecottage Ph: 6777 1111)

Includes High Tea and craft demonstration - make your own key chain or pendant.

In response to communication from disappointed ticket holders the Walcha community has rallied together to create a weekend of events in the fall out of the Freak Show Festival of Motorcycles.

Walcha will be ready to welcome you for the weekend of 15 – 17 November. Soak up our beautiful country town, spectacular scenery and some of the best motorcycle rides in Australia.

The weekend will feature The Walcha Rodeo, Show and Shines, live music, motorcycle gymkhana events, the local Farmers’ Market, Walcha Billy Cart Derby, plus great food and drinks.   The full program, which is still being added to, is available at https://walchansw.com.au/walcha-motorcycle-weekend

We appreciate your patience while we work to bring this together and look forward to welcoming you to Walcha.

Walcha Gallery of Art  |  Fine and Contemporary Art
15n Derby St  |  WALCHA

Exhibition Opening

Friday 15th November  |  6.30pm

Recent works by Paula Jenkins & Felicity O'Connor

EXAMPLES OF WORK - PAULA JENKINS  |  FELICITY O'CONNOR

More info http://www.walchagallery.com.au