David Voigt was born in Sydney in 1944 and studied at the National Art School from 1964 to 1968. Between 1969 and 1972 he lived and exhibited in France and Holland with extensive travels throughout Europe returning to live and work in Australia in late 1972. Among his many awards are the Blake Prize in 1976 and the Blake and Wynne Prizes in 1981. He is represented in the National Gallery of Australia and State Galleries of WA, Queensland and Tasmania as well as numerous Regional Galleries, and Internationally in the Utrecht Collection of Contemporary Art, Holland.

David Voigt was born in Sydney in 1944 and studied at the National Art School from 1964 to 1968. Between 1969 and 1972 he lived and exhibited in France and Holland with extensive travels throughout Europe returning to live and work in Australia in late 1972. Among his many awards are the Blake Prize in 1976 and the Blake and Wynne Prizes in 1981. He is represented in the National Gallery of Australia and State Galleries of WA, Queensland and Tasmania as well as numerous Regional Galleries, and Internationally in the Utrecht Collection of Contemporary Art, Holland.

The NSW South Coast is a unique, almost undiscovered, and thankfully underdeveloped part of the Australian coast. This, despite bordering Australia’s biggest city, Sydney, and hosting the continents's ninth largest urban area, Wollongong. This area is a haven for the sensitive painter, author, poet, musician, surfer or environmentalist. People like artists Ken Taber, Maynard Waters, John Sharman, Grace Paleg and Ian Lakey, all residents of this fragile coastal region, reduce this natural beauty to their two-dimensional canvas, board and paper for this exhibition.

This year Floriade is set to rejuvenate visitors with a stunning festival that will feature more than one million blooms and fantastic entertainment depicting a Mind, Body and Soul theme.
From 12 September to 11 October in Commonwealth Park you can enjoy uplifting entertainment; sample regional food and wine; learn from informative workshops and educational demonstrations and meander amongst magnificent garden bed displays in the heart of the nation’s capital.

It is exciting for the Royal National Capital Agricultural Society to be presenting The Canberra Home Show in its 25th anniversary Year. The exhibition was first launched in 1983. The focus has moved with the times whilst remaining firmly on home improvement products and leisure activites including carvans and 4WDs. The Canberra Times Home Show is committed to promoting the wealth of opportunities in both home and outdoor lifestyles. Last years attendence increased to 24,000 incredibly eager and passionate visitors who want to extend their home and leisure activities. They are constantly looking for new ideas and insipiration to transform their lifestyle whether that be their home (stationary or mobile) or their next trip.

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.

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 Kids Zone
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.

Peter Coad and the Coad Sisters

Thursday 4th February

Keith Jamieson

Friday 5th Feburary

Frank Daniel

Saturday 6th and Sunday 7th February

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.