WARBIRDS OVER SCONE 25th March 2018 The only way to fi nd out what’s going on! Serving the Hunter for over 20 years with a readership of over 4,000 weekly! Thursday 15th March, 2018 Missed an issue? www.huntervalleyprinting.com.au/Pages/Entertainer.php See inside WHEN SUNDAY 18 MARCH 2018 10AM - 3PM 18 MAR Driving the Hunter WHERE MICHAEL REID MURRURUNDI for 60 years! TV Guide LITTLE STREET MURRURUNDI EASTER SATURDAY & SUNDAY Free activities for the little people Espresso Coffee & Catering QUALITY, HANDMADE, Live Entertainment LOCALISH GOODS AND Cooking with Local Produce Demonstration Series of Homegrown + FRESH PRODUCE MARKET Handmade Mini Workshops Go For Gold ANNUN AL WIN ! Chinese Easts er Festival a double pass to Majestic Cinemas. www.facebook.com/EntertainerPublication SATURDAY 31 MARCH & SUNDAY 1 APRAP ILI See page 2 for details 8.30am – 4pm FREE ENTRY 8 TAB RACES Mar 18 2018 SUNDAY 18th OF MARCH GATES OPEN - 11.30AM #sconeraceclub #Countrychampionships FOOD • MARKET • MUSIC • FAMILY FUN NUNDLE.COM.AU Scone Race Club *picture from www.bradleyphotos.com.au Nundle Go for Gold Festival @NundleNSW #nundlensw 434 Bunnan Road Scone NSW 2337 - 02.6545.1607 - www.sconeraceclub.com.au SESSION TIMES: THURSDAY 15 MARCH - WEDNESDAY 21 MARCH Cinema is CLOSED Mondays outside of school and public holidays TOMB RAIDER LADY BIRD 12 STRONG (M) 118mins (MA15+) 94mins (MA15+) 119mins Thu, Fri & Tue Thu, Fri & Tue Thu, Fri & Tue 2.15pm, 4.00pm, 6.30pm & 9.00pm 11.30am & 4.30pm 11.45am, 1.30pm & 6.30pm Sat, Sun & Wed Sat, Sun & Wed Sat, Sun & Wed 11.00am, 4.00pm, 6.30pm & 9.00pm 9.00am & 1.45pm 11.15am, 3.45pm & 9.00pm RED SPARROW COMING SOON (MA15+) 140mins I, TONYA (MA15+) 119mins Game Night Thu, Fri & Tue Pacific Rim Uprising : A Wrinkle in Time Thu, Fri & Tue 9.15am 9.00am & 9.00pm 12-15 Sydney Street Sat, Sun & Wed 9.00am Blockers : Ready Player One Sat, Sun & Wed Sherlock Gnomes : Rampage Muswellbrook 1.15pm & 6.15pm LAST WEEK Phone: (02) 4044 0600 Live in Muswellbrook? Don’t forget the Courtesy Bus is available to get you to the cinema. Ph: 6543 2011 www.muswellbrookcinema.com.au Join Erin & Mark broadcasting across the Upper Hunter every Saturday on 2NM SUMMER SATURDAY With Erin Molan & Mark Levy Saturday from 12pm – 6pm what’s on Charity fundraiser What’s happening at New England Bikers will hold their Pigs ‘n’ Pines run Michael Reid? at the Spring Ridge Hotel from March 16 - 18. The event starts at 10am on the Saturday and will include a ‘Bikers It’s busy season at Murrurundi’s Michael Reid Gallery. v Locals’ cricket match at 4pm that day. Live music, show ‘n’ shine The Jo White exhibition is currently showing. and raffl es will also make up part of the fun. The social event is The beauty to be found in the abandoned and overlooked – the supporting the Kids with Cancer Foundation Australia. Free camping textures, patterns and shapes of an earlier age – these are the details with showers and toilets will be available at the showground. that fascinate artist in the show entitled Roadside Finds. The gallery For further information contact Ceejay on 0459 614 274 or Dale is now selling fresh Carthian Hill Garlic, grown on the Liverpool Plains. on 0439 603 352. FRI 16th - SUN 18th MARCH 2018 SPRING RIDGE HOTEL, NSW The team is also busy preparing for the Bobadil House Autumn Market on March 18. The overriding theme will be quality, quality, quality; handmade; localish goods and produce. $20 ENTRY (DONATION) Image: The old Convent, 2018. INCLS. PATCH & LUCKY DOOR TICKET ïEvents start 10am Saturday ïBikers v’s Locals Cricket Match from 4pm ï)5((&$03,1*$76+2:*5281'6+2:(5672,/(76 ï)5((%5($.)$676$785'$<681'$< ï/,9(086,&ï0($/6$9$,/$%/($738% ï6+2:ç16+,1(ï5$))/(6$8&7,21 ï'(025,'(6$9$,/$%/(29(5:((.(1' FOR MORE INFO &((-$<FKLFNDQW#KRWPDLOFRP'$/( michaelreidmurrurundi.com.au THIS IS SOCIAL EVENT SUPPORTING KIDS WITH CANCER FOUNDATION Shop online for tickets and vouchers at www.majesticcinemas.com.au Would you like your story, event or advertisement in Up Country Entertainer? Contact Cheri Gibson at Hunter Valley Printing E [email protected] P: 02 6545 2888 F: 02 6545 1465 PROGRAM INFORMATION THURS 15th March to WED 21st March WIN two double passes! 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SWEET COUNTRY (MA15+) LADY BIRD (M) C H E C K W E B S I T E O R P H O N E F O R S E S S I O N T I M E S Present the winning Entertainer edition to the Muswellbrook office of Hunter Valley Printing, 6 Wilkins Street Muswellbrook and collect your passes. 21 Ryan Ave, SINGLETON Ph 6571 5252 (must be claimed within one week of publication date) 2 - Up Country Entertainer - Thursday 15th March, 2018 www.facebook.com/EntertainerPublication what’s on Highlights of the 45th annual Muswellbrook Art Prize Image: Muwellbrook Regional Arts Centre director Brad Franks with adjudicator, Tracy Cooper-Lavery, Gallery Director, Gold Coast City Gallery with the winning artwork “Ngura (Country)” by Alec Baker. Scone Motor Inn Conference Centre Affordable 4 star Accommodation King Suites, Spa Suites and Two-Bedroom Apartments Corporate Rates and FREE Wi-Fi Internet Conference and Meeting Facilities Licenced Bar and meals Monday to Fridays Breakfasts 7 days including Room Service Cnr New England Hwy & Mount St 02 6545 3079 www.sconemotorinn.com.au Exhibiting > 11 March– 6 May 2018 $71,000 Opening > 6pm Saturday, 10 March 2018 TOTAL PRIZE MONEY Corner of Bridge & William Streets, Muswellbrook NSW 2333 t 02 6549 3800 e [email protected] w muswellbrookartscentre.com.au Tuesday to Friday 10am - 5pm Weekends 10am - 1pm Mondays by appointment only Closed public holidays www.huntervalleyprinting.com.au/Pages/Entertainer.php Thursday 15th March, 2018 - Up Country Entertainer - 3 out & about Image: Far left) Mark Wylie from Weidlich Golf Design and Brenton Kay from McMahon’s, get the thumbs up from Scone Golf Club members during the latest tour of the golf course redevelopment making way for the Scone Bypass. Scone Golf Course on par with best After fi ve months construction, the multi-million redevelopment of Scone Golf Course is on track to be completed by August 2018, weather permitting. Local golfers are looking forward to resuming play on the new, improved course after taking another tour of the project recently with staff from Upper Hunter Shire Council, project managers Weidlich Golf Design and construction contractor McMahons Golf. The new course should be drought-proof with a fully-automated irrigation system and the two existing ponds on the course having been enlarged, providing plenty of water storage from an on-site bore and treated effl uent water from the nearby sewerage plant. The Bobadil House Market is back this weekend This Sunday 18 March from 10am – 3pm, the Bobadil House Autumn Spring Market at Michael Reid Murrurundi will offer a strong line- up of stallholders, live entertainment for all to enjoy and free activities for the little people. Delightful espresso coffee, catering, a beverage bar serving local wines and beers, homegrown + handmade workshops, ‘Cooking with Local Produce Demonstration by Free tour on offer Discover treasures of the Muswellbrook Shire Art Collection in ‘Art Tracks’, with works acquired over the 60 year history of the Muswellbrook Art Prize, in a free-guided exhibition tour at Muswellbrook Regional Arts Centre from 10.30am – 11.30am on Cathy Armstrong’ from Little Kickerbell and much more. Also on the Market line-up will be the offi cial opening of the Bobadil House Paddock and the partnership with Ivory Saturday 7 April followed by a chat over Lane Events. complementary cake and tea. No bookings The popular Harvest + Home Cooking + Handmade Co-Op Trading Stall is also back. required. For further information contact Amelia Wilkinson on 0400 099 761. A taste of the Upper Hunter RESTAURANT Valley just 10km Breakfast: Saturday & Sunday Lunch: Daily CELLAR DOOR west of Dinner: Friday & Saturday. Bookings essential Open 7 days 10am - 4pm Jerrys Plains Phone 6576 4007 [email protected] 4 - Up Country Entertainer - Thursday 15th March, 2018 www.facebook.com/EntertainerPublication TV Guide Saturday March 17 to Friday March 23, 2018 Saunders Honda Scone carry the entire range of new Honda vehicles. www.saundersmotorgroup.com.au TV Guide SATURDAY 17. 3. 2018 ABC NBN TEN 5:00 rage (PG) [s] 6:00 Home Shopping 6:00 Good Morning America [s] 6:00 The Home Team [s] 10:00 rage Guest Programmer (PG) [s] 7:00 Weekend Sunrise [s] 7:00 Weekend Today - Saturday [s] 6:30 Everyday Gourmet With Justine 11:00 Think Tank (PG) [s] 10:00 The Morning Show - Weekend (PG) 10:00 Today Extra Saturday (PG) [s] Schofield [s] 12:00 ABC News At Noon 12:00 Seven’s Horse Racing: Rosehill - 12:00 Cybershack (PG) [s] 7:00 RPM [s] 12:30 Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries: Coolmore Classic [s] – Saturday 12:30 Destination WA [s] 8:00 Family Feud [s] Blood And Money (M v) [s] afternoon racing comes from Rosehill 1:00 NRL: Intrust Super Premiership : 8:30 Weekend Feast [s] 1:25 Midsomer Murders: The Ballad Of featuring the Group 1 Coolmore Newcastle Knights v Wests Magpies 9:30 Studio 10: Saturday [s] Midsomer County (M v) [s] Classic with $600,000 up for grabs.