Our Infinite EarthFest (winter solstice) event is happening this Saturday folks! The weather forecast is looking great for Saturday and we look forward to celebrating the winter solstice with you! We have a number of fun activities happening throughout the day (most are free!) such as this one...
The Native Bee / Insect Hotel workshop was so popular at our last event that we're running it again. The work experience crew have pre-made the wooden boxes and have cut and prepared all the inserts ready for easy assembling on the day. As with the previous insect hotels, a $10 donation to make and take one home would be appreciated.
There will also be an opportunity for the kids to participate in painting a large scale mural. This workshop is part of the Running Wild June/July school holiday program and is facilitated by local artists Cassie and Tegan. Be sure to visit the Running Wild marquee where you'll find artist Val dot painting during the day on a pre-loved piece of furniture to give an example of creative upcycling. Val will kindly be donating the completed piece to Running Wild as a fundraiser in support of their youth programs. Funds raised through the sale of raffle tickets will greatly contribute to the running of their school holiday activity programs on the SMBI. Raffle tickets can be purchased at the Running Wild marquee and the team will also be selling very cool recycled record bowls as part of their fundraising.
There will be loads of fantastic stalls on the day offering such things as plants (ornamentals and edibles), a variety of arts and crafts, homemade preserves, handmade / handpainted upcycled clothing and accessories, gardening products, eco friendly products, handcrafted jewellery and homewares, books, face painting, community info and service stalls offering natural therapy services, dreadlocking through to pyschic tarot readings...
Live music will be happening on the day with Homeless Yellow playing and there will be opportunities for the kids to have a jam with the band throughout the day. There will be some instruments provided at the performance area for kids to use during the jam sessions, but of course feel free to bring your own along too! And local favourites Island Time will also be providing some sweet tunes. Members of MUGS (Macleay Ukulele Group) will also be joining us and will be in a marquee where you can chat to them about all things uke! If you have a ukulele bring it along on the day and have a jam with the friendly uke players and you'll be able to find out about their practice / meet up days and performances if you're keen on joining the group.
Infinite EarthFest is a proud partnership between The Organic Farm and Running Wild. The day will be about celebrating the winter solstice and also celebrating the achievements of the wonderful and dedicated work experience team. This Saturday will be the official opening of one of the major projects that they've been working so hard on... the earthbag garden circle area, which now houses the pizza oven. It's such a beautiful community space that the crew have created and we're so happy to be sharing it with everyone. We expect it will be a very popular, well utilised and much loved space by many! And the regular market fire circle area will also be a nice spot to sit on Saturday to warm up. There sure have been some large gatherings there during these past few chilly Saturday mornings!
Our market bus will be doing regular pick ups and drop offs from the Macleay Jetty for all our visitors from neighbouring islands, Karragarra, Russell and Lamb as well as those traveling over from the mainland. We'll endeavour to meet all incoming ferries so just keep an eye out for the bus pictured below, but if the bus isn't there when you arrive just call or text the number shown and the little bus will be down there in a jiffy to collect you!
So, that's just a quick outline of some of the fun being offered this Saturday, so hope to see you there!
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