The Australian Sports Commission are looking for talented athletes between the ages of 12-25. A series of basic tests that measure your height, weight, arm span, vertical jump, speed, endurance, and strength are conducted and then your data goes into the Commissions data base. Selected Olympic sporting bodies then meet throughout the year to discuss participants that meet their sports criteria. If you do, you could be offered scholarships to the Victorian Institute of Sport or Australian Institute of Sport and be included into an elite training academy aimed at getting you to the 2012 or 2016 ...
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Did you know that Hausfrau has the best Vanilla Slice in Melbourne. According to The Age's Top 5 book it does. Isn't that wonderful! Sally Roxon, Chef, at Hausfrau, has been providing SKY residents with more treats than Vanilla Slices over the years. As the original owners of the Gravy Train they held the top spot for Breakfast in SKY, according to me. However when they moved to Hausfrau I was disappointed to see that full breakfasts were no longer on offer.What is on offer for breakfast at Hausfrau? Well not much I'm afraid, they have a few items but ...
World Harmony Day Sunday 21 March Footscray Community Arts Centre is celebrating World Harmony Day on Sunday 21 March. Come share billy tea and damper with Indigenous Elder Aunty Margie Tang and listen to her stories of humour, life and truth. For more information click here. F.A.C.T. 10 – A Taste of Footscray with Aunty Margie Tang 11am – 1pm & 2pm– 4pm Amphitheatre 11am: $10, kids Free 2pm: $25 Stencil Workshop Amer Rahman and Nazeem Hussain from Fear of a Brown Planet are facilitating the creation of a special stencil piece. DJ Pataphysics will be taking care of the music while participants work on a ...
We used to be luckily enough to have the greatest fish & chip shop around the corner. It was a melée on Friday night in particular, the bench seat where you waited strewn with yellowing local papers, the workers behind the counter plunging baskets of chips into hot oil and flipping burgers in a complex dance. Recently it shut down and reopened as Ebi Fine Food, "Japanese fusion fish & chips". We have been meaning to try it for ages and this was the night.The greasy vinyl curtains and humming fridge have been replaced with a neat, dark-wood counter overlooking ...
Over 200 ESL VU students from the St Albans campus will be participating in Brimbank City Council's Cultural Diversity Week event, Uniformed Services in Your Community Expo 2010 at Errington Reserve in St Albans. Each class will take part in activities linked to their curriculum level and to Learning in the Workplace and Community programs. The aim of the Diversity event is to break down the barriers between uniformed personnel and the community, so it will feature: Victoria Police State Emergency Services Country Fire Authority Metropolitan Fire Brigade St John Ambulance Federal Police Australian Defence Force A Community Guide will be launched, with outreach activities from a wide range ...
The VU Volleyball teams are getting ready to take on other Universities from around the region and Australia at the Southern University Games and the Australian University Games. If you would like to be considered for the team, then make sure you attend one of the trial and training sessions and get in touch with the team manager. Event details Location: Sports courts, Footscray Park campus, building L Time: Thursday, 18, 25 March and 1 April, 2010, 4.00 to 5.00PM Simon Peake Team Manager Phone: 0417 054 231 Email: simon.peake@live.vu.edu.au
Maribyrnong River Community Men’s Shed NEW initiative for MEN in the City of Maribyrnong & Moonee Valley … The Maribyrnong River Community Men’s Shed is a gathering place for men of all ages to share experiences and knowledge, both technical and life skills, and is a place to build relationships with each other, as well as with the wider community. The experience and wisdom which comes with age, combined with the enthusiasm and vitality that is a hallmark of youth, brings about a dynamic and potent energy which, when channelled, will provide a launching place to enrich the lives all. Located at the Living ...
Footscray Community Arts Centre is thrilled to announce that it has been jointly awarded the prestigious Sidney Myer Performing Arts Award Facilitator’s Award. The 2009 award, worth $15,000, was announced at a special ceremony held at the Tandanya National Aboriginal Cultural Institute in Adelaide on Friday 5 March. Sharing the award with Footscray Community Arts Centre was Australian music legend Mandawuy Yunupingu (of Yothu Yindi fame). Over its 35 year history, Footscray Community Arts Centre has facilitated the development of hundreds of community-based artists and arts workers who have gone on to establish professional careers in the Australian arts industry. Footscray ...
Yesterday, I got around to reading The Ern Malley Affair, a book which has been sitting on my shelf for about 13 years (the original docket was inside).Few people would know about Ern Malley, the great poet who not only died young, but who never actually existed, and who was foisted onto a gullible art magazine editor as a somewhat cruel hoax in 1944.This hoax more or less marked the beginning of the end for that magazine, The Angry Penguins, and demoralised its editor so much that he wrote little poetry again.Such is the arrogance of youth perhaps.Ern Malley's poems, ...
Rachael, have you heard about the February Fast? Apparently it is all the rage! No alcohol for the month of February! Are they nuts? The month of February has seen me out and about - a very busy month and I don't think I could have survived it without the odd tipple. We are only half way through! In the middle of the month we have the Yarraville Festival and at the end of the month we have the Seddon Festival. Throw in a couple of birthday dinners and other dinners just for the hell of it and you have ...
Been on exchange? Re-aquaint yourself with VU at the exchange re-entry information session. Discuss the highlights of your overseas experience with other VU exchange students. Attending this session is compulsory for all students that went on exchange in semester 2, 2009. If you don't attend the exchange team can't process your academic transcript. Event details Location: Footscray Park campus, Building M, Room 003 Time: Wednesday, 10 March, 2010, 5 to 7PM
Lawn bowls Faculty of Arts, Education and Human Development invites all of its newly commencing international students to a game of lawn bowls. Meet and greet faculty staff, teachers and local students for free food, drinks and live music. To confirm your attendance please contact Farrah on: Phone: 9919 4046 Email: Farrah.Itaywi@vu.edu.au Event details Location: Footscray Park Bowling Club Hoadley Court, Footscray Time: Wednesday, 24 March, 2010, 11am – 2pm
Well here goes the first of my weekly Blog therapy sessions, I'll talk about the week that's been ie. from the last Wednesday to today (Tuesday). I think I'm going to start with a format using the tasks in my life at the moment that drive me to keep going, as follows (in no particular order):Business:Exercise:AFD's: (Alcohol free days)General Mood:Please note that I won't be talking much about relationships/children etc, I think people have enough family/relationship stuff in their lives to deal with, without having to hear mine too!.....so first:Business: I've decided to give up on markets for the time ...
Sport information sessions are designed to give you the opportunity to ask any questions about sport programmes, clubs and events to do with sport. You can also find out about the sport and fitness facilities located at your campus. Two session times are available for those interested in attending. Event details Location: St Albans campus, 4C241 Time: Friday, 12 March, 2010, 12 - 1PM and 4PM - 5PM Ashlee Marks Sports Officer Phone: +61 3 9919 4434 Email: ashlee.marks@vu.edu.au
It is so exciting to see Barkly Village evolve organically. While the Council drags its heels on its street beautification scheme, more and more of the ugly, empty shopfronts are filling up with colourful Indian restaurants, complementing the many existing Indian grocers. The West Footscray Neighbourhood House is riffing on the theme, hosting the first of its new four-yearly markets, this one based on Holi, the Indian festival of colours. For Vindaloo Against Violence, we decided to try one of the newcomers to Barkly Village, Maharaja's Haveli.The walls were freshly painted and the menus crisp. Despite the spartan feel, the ...
Dear reader, I like to imagine you reading this blog just as I write it, with a plate of something at your side. Is it a delicate cup of tea with a shortbread balanced across the rim, or perhaps a bowl of spaghetti, dressed with a zesty tomato sugo? If this is the case, please navigate away now, perhaps to one of the other wonderful food blogs to the right, and return when you are suitably food-less, otherwise you may be food-less in another way less pleasant. Vegetarians, you may want to sit this one out.Is your snack over? Plate ...
Meet the Careers Centre Team, with careers educators on hand to conduct career guidance and advice Learn more about our range of services, including: resume checking careers counselling interviewing skills Register on WorkWizard (VU’s electronic jobs board) and enter the FREE draw to win some fabulous prizes including a Wii Console and an iPod Touch Event details Location: St Albans Campus, marquees in front of Building 4 Time:Tuesday 9 March, 11am-2pm
A creative studio complex in the heart of the Footscray CBD. Great natural light. 24 hour access. Secure entry. Studios measuring approximately 4m x 6m @ $75 per week all inclusive. L1/101 Nicholson Street, Footscray VIC 3011 FauxPho is a creative space located in the heart of Footscray and overlooks the Footscray Mall. The space is facilitated by the fauxHappiness committee, which comprises FauxPho studio artists and local arts workers. Our aim is to provide a diverse and flexible platform for contemporary art practice and dialogue. We endeavour to nurture a robust and interactive space for arts workers and the broader community through our exhibition ...
Hundreds of people flocked to our river banks for good times and good sounds, to see the rebirth of our Sunday Arvo Music Series. Thank you to all who attended, you made the Summer season a hugh success. There is one more Sunday left of Summer and we have a special event in store for you… Diafrix and Friends present in association with us, An African Affair. A celebration of African culture, Hosted by Fuzzy (Video Hits). Stay tuned as we have our Winter installment of our Sunday Arvo Music Series coming soon.
Victoria University students are invited to compete in the Southern University Games (SUG). In 2009, VU won 2 of the 3 peak awards - Overall Games Champion and Overall Games Champion based on Per Capita thanks to our talented students! The SUG is managed by Australian University Sport and will be held simultaneously with two other AUS regional events: the Eastern University Games and the Northern University Games. You can join students during the mid semester break from Universities across Victoria, South Australia and Tasmania at this multi sport event and represent VU competing in a wide range of ...
This year footscray have a couple of players coming from overseas to play for the season. We are after any old or new furniture that you may no longer require to help furnish the house they will be renting (trying to reduce their cost while living in Oz). They are only here for 6 months so the furniture can be returned to you once they leave, should you require it be returned. If you can help out in any way please contact Tom Griffin 0424 617 363 or Scott 0412 875 528. We require anything from beds to knives and ...
http://vindalooagainstviolence.wordpress.com/ The WFNH is supporting this initiative, and what better place to dine out other than at one of the fantastic Indian eateries in Barkly Village, West Footscray! Go to the website above for more info and to register your support. See you on the 24th over a curry… or a dosa…
1+1 = 2, right? A restaurant that is called, in part, "Dumpling Noodles", sells dumplings and noodles? Nothing overly exciting there. But this particular equation is a little more titillating than you might at first think, because the dumplings and noodles in question are actually Northwestern Chinese!In this region of China, home to the Muslim Uighur people, lamb is widely eaten, wheat is the staple grain and potatoes are also enjoyed. 1+1 Dumpling Noodles will turn all your preconceptions of Chinese food on their head! We started with the Spicy Salad ($6) - spanking fresh cucumber, spring onion and coriander in ...
Sport information sessions are designed to give you the opportunity to ask any questions about sport programmes, clubs and events to do with sport. You can also find out about the sport and fitness facilities located at your campus. Two session times are available for those interested in attending. Event details Location: St Albans campus, 4C241 Time: Tuesday, 2 March, 2010, 12 - 1PM and 4PM - 5PM Ashlee Marks Sports Officer Phone: +61 3 9919 4434 Email: ashlee.marks@vu.edu.au
