🌟 Free Family Fun Day! 🌟

Looking for something fun, free, and family-friendly these school holidays? Join us at the Hawkesbury Earthcare Centre for a day packed with exciting activities for the whole family and nature-filled adventures!

When: Saturday, 18 January 2025
Time: 10am-4pm
Where: Hawkesbury Earthcare Centre, Corner Campus Drive and Science Road, Richmond, NSW (entry via Vines Drive, Richmond)

🎟 Book your FREE tickets now on Humanitix .. Remember to register upon arrival to be in the grand prize draw

What to Expect:

Nature play and ecology-based fun activities for kids to enjoy
Art workshop with Indigenous contemporary artist Jess Munro
Craft stations - check out the 11Rs section (including rag rug making, sign post building, deep watering systems)
Interactive workshops / Demonstrations / Guest speakers
Delicious refreshments / Sausage Sizzle for gold coin donation
Explore the site with our resident entomologists & soil enthusiasts
Learn about honey bees and native bees with Mike Allerton from Hawkesbury Beekeepers
Check out MOCZA display of modern and fossil reproductions and finger casting for kids
Face painting
Community stalls
Build a pond with Bluey in the Bush, Matthew Vella (Hawkesbury Herpetological Society)
Educational walking tour of our native pollinator garden and indigenous edible food forest
How to plant your fruit trees the Ellen White Method
Adopt a Plant stall - where you get to purchase a plant, donate it for everyone to enjoy OR take it home
Prizes / Giveaways / Guessing games
Enter the Competitions
Much much more

This free event is part of our commitment to sustainable living, community connection and fun for everyone. Don’t miss out on this school holiday highlight!

Keep updated:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/hawkesburyearthcarecentre/

ENTER OUR COMPETITIONS - prizes for the winner and runner-up:

Competition #01 - My 10 best gardening hacks - These can be displayed on a sheet of cardboard OR created and displayed at Hawkesbury EarthCare Centre.

Competition #02 - My favourite 11R’s (Rethink. Reduce. Reuse. Refuse. Repair. Recycle. Remanufacture. Regift. Repurpose. Refurbish. Recover. Rot). These can be displayed on a sheet of cardboard OR created and displayed at Hawkesbury EarthCare Centre.

These principles work together to foster a culture of sustainability and encourage all of us to adopt eco-friendly practices.

Workshop Bookings:

Some workshops whilst free have limited capacity. Please feel free to book into these separately so you don’t miss out. Check out our facebook page for ongoing updated information and check out further Humanatix ticketing for individual workshops.

🎟 Book your FREE tickets now on Humanitix .. Remember to register upon arrival to be in the grand prize draw

📣 Spread the word and tag your friends! Let’s make this day unforgettable.

Sincere thanks to Regional Centre Expertise on Education for Sustainable Development - Greater Western Sydney, for their generosity in funding this Family Fun Day at Hawkesbury EarthCare Centre.

Family Fun Day

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General Admission - Single ticket

General Admission - Family ticket

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