Saturday 10
Saturday 17
Saturday 24
Saturday 31

Boorowa vs Bungendore (played at Boorowa)
Bungendore vs Taralga (played at Bungendore)
Harden vs Bungendore (played at Harden)
Bungendore - Bye

Saturday 14
Saturday 21
Saturday 28

Bungendore vs Crookwell (played at Bungendore)
Jindabyne vs Bungendore (played at Jindabyne)
Uni-Norths vs Bungendore (played at Uni-Norths home ground)

Saturday 5
Saturday 12
Saturday 19
Saturday 26

Bungendore vs Boorowa (played at Bungendore)
Taralga vs Bungendore (played at Taralga)
Bungendore vs Harden (played at Bungendore)
Competition Bye

Saturday 2
Saturday 9
Saturday 16
Saturday 23

Bungendore - Bye
Preliminary Finals
Semi Finals
Grand Final

As usual, we have commercial exhibitors with a wide range of products. This year's special highlights include:

• Local produce at "Spotlight on Murrumbateman"
• Snake handling demonstrations
• Children's adventure trail
• Pay once — ride all day amusements
• Security dog handling demonstration
• Yass antique farm machinery club celebrating 100 years of International tractors and harvesters
• SES rescue demonstration
• Sheep dog demonstration
• Reno and Jade Morena musicians

Better than ever, with something for everyone, The Canberra Times Spring Home and Leisure, Caravans, 4WD, Camping Show is at Exhibition Park. More than 330 exhibitors showcase inspirational ideas and top tips for your home, garden and leisure activities.

The first Melbourne Cup held in 1861 was certainly a dramatic event. According to legend, Archer, the first horse to win the Melbourne Cup, was reported to have walked 850 km (560 miles) from Nowra to Flemington to be a part of a race that one day would capture the spirit of a nation.
While at the time the news of the death of the explorers Burke and Wills may have kept people away from the race, a modest crowd of four thousand watched the seventeen starters and the thrilling lead up. Before the race commenced, Twilight started early and was captured only after he had run the whole course, and tragically, two horses, Dispatch and Medora, had died after a fall.
The following year Archer raced again to win his second successive Melbourne Cup. Although it is rumoured, he again had walked from Nowra to Flemington, many people thought it was more likely that he had travelled anonymously by ship.
Despite his owner's intention to race Archer for a third Melbourne Cup, he was unable to do so because of a technical error. Archer's acceptance nomination to race failed to arrive in time because it was delayed in the post. As a result, owners scratched many horses, in a show of solidarity. This left a starting field of only seven horses that history shows was to be the smallest field of horses to race in the Melbourne Cup.
At ten years of age, Archer fell in a race and was retired to stud but his place in history was forever cemented. The first Melbourne Cup winner was immortalised in the 1984 film Archer.

Watch — Sheepdog handling display with Australia's champion handler Paul Darmody, sheep shearing, Jackie French storytelling, Antique engine display, Dog Flyball, Jumping Castle, 6m Giant Slide, Wildcare animals, mini trikes, Pet Show (9:00-10:00) plus much more.

Enjoy — Hugh Trash and Treasure, Silent Auction, Major Raffle Prizes (eg. furniture, accomodation, wine and dining, bikes), Craft Stalls, Kids' activities eg. Golf Putting, Quoits, "Beat the Goalie", "Pop the Balloon", Apple Bobbing, Lucky Sticks, Dangling Doughnuts, "Cow Pat Lotto", Face Painting, Xmas Crafts, Plaster Shape Painting, BBQ, gelati, gourmet coffees, Crepes, Devonshire Teas, cakes plus lots, lots more.

Music at the Creek is a festival for and of music. While its primary focus has been on folk music, we encourage a range of other acoustic genres, especially from young, or new and up-coming acts.
The festival is small, family friendly, and based around the local recreation reserve at Majors Creek.
At the Creek you can mingle with the renowned and the not so famous in a  spirit of festivity and fun.
Join us at beautiful Major's Creek for a warm and friendly festival.

Dontations of non-perishable food items, Christmas food, sweets and drinks. Donations of Christmas gifts (unwrapped) would also be very welcome.
Collection boxes located at:
Anglican Church
Bungendore Post Office
Bungendore Public School
Catholic Church
Food Works Supermarket
Your donation will give those in need a better Christmas.
Packing of hampers at St Mary's Church. All welcome — non demoninational.

A wonderful community event. Funds distributed from the annual Country Muster go to some of the following community groups: Bungendore Rural Fire Brigade, Bungendore Primary P&C, Bungendore Community Aid, Bungendore Netball Club, NSW Ambulance Association, Bungendore Community Library and the Bungendore Primary School.

The Australian Blues Music Festival is The National Festival of Australian Blues Music. It is held in a variety of venues throughout the historic Goulburn CBD on the second weekend of February every year. The Festival showcases the very best of emerging and established blues acts from around Australia and features workshops with the artists, a weekend-long open mic, Youth in Blues Jam, buskers vintage guitar and amp shop, markets, industry 'meet and greet' forum, the Australian Blues Music 'Chain' Awards and the traditional end of Festival highlight - the All Star Pro Jam.
It is a friendly little festival with intimate performance spaces and plenty of opportunities to have a chat with your favourite artists. It's little wonder that the Australian Blues Music Festival in Goulburn, NSW is being talked about as 'Australia's peak blues event' and 'the top Australian blues venue'. The Festival enjoys a very high patron loyalty rate of dedicated blues music enthusiasts and like them, once you've discovered Goulburn you'll mark February in your diary to come back every year!

The Show offers something for all ages including a wide range of classes to enter in the pavilion including school works, horse, sheep, cattle (both commercial and led), poultry and dogs sections as well as junior pets. As well as sideshows, there is sheep shearing, a wide range of industrial displays and entertainment events. Next year, the committee is considering new events such as sheep races and alpaca shearing. The 2006 show will be the 131st, having been held every year since 1876 despite drought, two World Wars and the Great Depression.

The National Folk Festival is celebrated in Canberra every Easter, when the city is frocked up in its golden autumn best. Australia’s festival flagship, the ‘National’, draws together people from all around Australia and the world. They come to share in the songs, dances, tunes, and verse that have flowed through the ages from many communities into Australian folk culture.
For five days Exhibition Park in Canberra dresses up and becomes a magic place, filled with colour and sound. Hundreds of the world’s best musicians perform daily, in a non-stop flow of entertainment across twenty two fabulous venues. Every day is packed with workshops and sessions, where you can join in the dancing, singing and playing and become part of the celebration. It’s all there for you; once you’ve bought your ticket and come through the magic time portal you won’t need to leave.