Category: Creative & Culture

Term 1 2023 Centre Programs & Events

Posted on by harry
Our team are excited to let you know that bookings for our Term 1 programs and events for 2023 are now open!
We are ecstatic to welcome you back for many old favourites like yoga, sewing, Zumba, cooking, music classes, children’s development programs and much more! We’re also excited to offer a range of new programs including adult cooking workshops, terrarium workshop, plus so much more.
Find out what’s happening at your closest centre by clicking the links below.
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CAROLINE SPRINGS
STRATHTULLOH
DIGGERS REST
EYNESBURY
FRASER RISE
HILLSIDE
KURUNJANG
TAYLORS HILL
AINTREE
BROOKFIELD

MELTON

HARKNESS

Term 4 2022 Centre Programs & Events!

Posted on by harry
Our team are excited to let you know that bookings for our Term 4 programs and events are now open!
We’re delighted to welcome you back to enjoy old favourites like kids’ cooking programs, patchwork quilting, yoga, art programs and more. We also have several new programs and one-off workshops to experience including preserved flower workshop, Seniors Festival Morning Tea, creating festival floral centrepieces and more.

Find out what’s happening at your closest centre by clicking the links below.

AINTREE

CAROLINE SPRINGS

DIGGERS REST
EYNESBURY
FRASER RISE

HARKNESS

HILLSIDE

KURUNJANG

MELTON

STRATHTULLOH

TAYLORS HILL

Term 3 2022 Centre Programs & Events!

Posted on by Alison La Rose
The year is flying by! Our team are excited to let you know that bookings for our term 3 programs and events are now open!
We’re delighted to welcome you back to enjoy old favourites like kids’ cooking programs, patchwork quilting, yoga, art programs and more. We also have several new programs and one-off workshops to experience including family first aid, a preserved flower workshop, Tuesday dinner club in Taylors Hill, greeting card making and more!

Find out what’s happening at your closest centre by clicking the links below.

AINTREE
BROOKFIELD

CAROLINE SPRINGS

DIGGERS REST
EYNESBURY
FRASER RISE

HARKNESS

HILLSIDE

KURUNJANG

MELTON

STRATHTULLOH

TAYLORS HILL

Community Art Competition

Posted on by Alison La Rose

In celebration of the revitalisation of our Melton Town Centre, we’re giving you the chance to win over $1400 worth of prizes in our community art competition!

To enter, simply create an artwork that speaks to the theme of ‘My Melton, My Community’. Inspiration for the theme might include depicting what the community of Melton means to you, your favourite places in the Melton Town Centre, the people that make up the Melton community, the sky is the limit!

Melton Central Community Centre is hosting a series of open studio time where you’re welcome to come and work on your artwork for your entry. Book your space at these open studio times here.

Winners will be announced at the City of Melton Lifelong Learning Festival launch event in September. Each winning artwork will have their pieces displayed in High Street shop front windows.

Registration and entries open Monday 20 June and close Friday 19 August 2022.

Entrants of all different ages, abilities and backgrounds are encouraged to enter this competition, however, you must be a resident of the City of Melton.

For more information and to enter visit the Melton Conversations website.

Term 2 Programs & Events!

Posted on by Alison La Rose
We are pleased to let you know that face-to-face programs and events will return once again to Council’s community facilities in term 2 2022!
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We are ecstatic to welcome you back for many old favourites like yoga, sewing, Zumba, cooking, music classes, children’s development programs and much more! We’re also excited to offer a range of new programs including adult cooking workshops, flower arrangement workshops, various accredited courses plus so much more.
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Bookings for all term 2 programs and events open at 9am on Tuesday 22 March. Find out what’s happening at your closest centre by clicking the links below.
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CAROLINE SPRINGS
STRATHTULLOH
DIGGERS REST
EYNESBURY
FRASER RISE
HILLSIDE
KURUNJANG
TAYLORS HILL
AINTREE
BROOKFIELD

MELTON

HARKNESS

COMPEITITON CLOSED: Enter our Halloween Makeup Competition to win!

Posted on by Alison La Rose

To celebrate our video tutorial with Skye Drake MUA, we’re giving you the chance to win one of 20 Halloween packs delivered straight to your doorstep! Prize packs include a face painting pallet, trick or treat bucket and a range of other Halloween goodies.

To enter simply snap a picture of your best ghoulie face and/or Halloween costume, you could even get the whole family involved!

Send your photo to us via direct message on our Facebook page or via email.

In your entry include your

  • name
  • age
  • phone number
  • address

For inspiration to create your spookiest look you can watch Skye’s Halloween makeup tutorial on our YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/VlY7js6hvhk

Entries close 8am Thursday 28 October. Winners will be notified on the morning of Friday 29 October. Prizes will be delivered contactless to the winners’ doorstep later the same day.

Strictly one entry per person. Entrants must reside within the City of Melton. Open to all ages.

Tik Tok Dance Competition

Posted on by Alison La Rose

To celebrate our online Tik Tok Dance school holiday activity, we’re giving you the chance to win 1 of 3 $40 EB Games gift vouchers!

To be in the draw to win, simply learn a new dance routine of about 30 seconds and film yourself performing the dance before sending it into us! You can send your video via email or Facebook message.

Together with your entry tell us your

  • Name
  • Age
  • Suburb
  • Contact email

Any type of dance routine is welcome including routines popular on Tik Tok, routines found on other platforms or even one you make up yourself!

Open to residents of the City of Melton only. One entry per household. All ages and group routines welcome.

Entries close 5pm Tuesday 12 October. Winner will be announced on our Facebook page on Wednesday 13 October and directly contacted by our team.

Watch our ‘Fluid Art’ video for your chance to win!

Posted on by Alison La Rose

To celebrate our brand new YouTube video as part of our September 2021 school holiday activities, we’re giving you the chance to win one of 20 fluid art packs to make your very own fluid art painting! Prize packs contain a canvas, 4 pouring paints, stirrers and mixing cups, everything you will need to create your colourful masterpiece.

To enter, watch our fluid art tutorial video on our YouTube channel and answer these 3 simple questions:

  1. What substance/s can you use to thin your paint out for fluid art?
  2. What is the name of the fluid art technique Carly uses in the video?
  3. Name ONE other fluid art technique (hint: Carly mentions a number of them towards the end of the video)

Send your answers to us by sending us a message via our Facebook page or via email:

Along with your answers, include the below information in your entry:

  • Name
  • Age
  • Address
  • Email Address

Entries with correct answers to all 3 questions will go into the draw. Entries close at 5pm on Sunday 26 September. Winners will be notified and prize packs delivered on Monday 27 September.

Entries open to City of Melton residents only. Any age welcome. One entry per household.

Good luck and happy watching!

Father’s Day Drawing Competition!

Posted on by Alison La Rose

To celebrate Father’s Day we’re giving your household a chance to win 1 of 20 gift packs!

To enter, draw picture of someone special in your life on an A4 piece of paper and send a photo of it to us by sending us a message via our Facebook page or via email.

Make sure you include these details with your entry:

  • Name
  • Address
  • Age
  • Contact Phone Number

Your drawing can include you and your special person or your whole family, it is entirely up to you! You could win 1 of 20 gift packs including an A4 frame to put your picture in, a pack of coloured pencils and a blank card and envelope for you to decorate and write in to gift to your Dad or special person this Father’s Day.

Entries close 12pm Thursday 2 September. Winners will be notified by phone the same afternoon. Packs will be delivered to winners’ households by a member of council’s staff on Friday 3 September.

Strictly one entry per household. Open to City of Melton residents only, aged up to 18 years.

Good luck and happy drawing!

Free African drumming classes coming to Melton Central!

Posted on by Alison La Rose

We are excited to let you know that our Council was one of five Victorian winners of the Heart Foundation’s Active Australia Innovation Challenge, attracting a $10,000 grant to run African drum classes for seniors! Melton residents will soon be moving to the beat of Africa thanks to this new program.

The African drums classes will be held at Melton Central Community Centre, where participants will learn djembe drum techniques and rhythm. The free program aims to promote fitness, co-ordination and fun, improve mental wellbeing and bring people together. The program is targeted at residents aged 45-70 years.

We look forward to seeing the positive impact these musical sessions will have on our community

The classes will begin in October and run until next August.

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