“We Transport With Care” SOCIAL OUTING CALENDAR 2018 9772 4928 www.bcct.org.au January February March April Su M Tu W Th F Sa Su M Tu W Th F Sa Su M Tu W Th F Sa Su M Tu W Th F Sa 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 28 29 30 31 25 26 27 28 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 29 30 May June July August Su M Tu W Th F Sa Su M Tu W Th F Sa Su M Tu W Th F Sa Su M Tu W Th F Sa 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 27 28 29 30 31 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 29 30 31 26 27 28 29 30 31 September October November December Su M Tu W Th F Sa Su M Tu W Th F Sa Su M Tu W Th F Sa Su M Tu W Th F Sa 30 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 30 31 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 28 29 30 31 25 26 27 28 29 30 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 Please note: Telephone bookings can be taken from 9:00am to 4:00pm. Bookings through our website can be taken at any time, please go to bcct.org.au/services/booking Please advise us if you are taking your carer or any mobility aids (walker/frame or a wheelchair). We need this information to ensure there is adequate room on the buses. Minimal assistance is available. Clients must bring their own carer if required. Please note that BCCT does not provide a carer on the bus on the Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday outings. These outings are independent outings and you must be able to manage on your own to be able to participate in these outings. Due to circumstances beyond our control, some venues and outings costs may change. BCCT staff will inform you if this happens. Some of our activities will involve walking at your own pace. For details of the amount of walking required please contact the office. Some of the venues will require a GOLD COIN DONATION as entry fee, this is not included in the full cost. Coaches are used on popular outings. If you are not able to travel on a coach, please let the office know. Please advise of any dietary requirements. Book early as numbers are limited. What to bring: FOR BOOKINGS CALL For our outdoor activities we recommend that you bring the following items with you on the day: (02) 9772 4928 1. Bottle of water 2. Hat and sunscreen PRESS 1 3. Wet weather gear 4. Enclosed and comfortable shoes Or if you need an 5. Check if lunch is provided INTERPRETER CALL 6. Check if admission fee is a gold coin donation 7. Sense of adventure! 131 450 BCCT looks forward to Reminder: transporting you throughout the remainder of Local shuttle service is available from 2018. Monday to Saturday. Emperor’s Buffet—Mounties Chowder Bay Drive Tim’s Garden Centre Blue Mountains Botanical Garden An all you can eat buffet with an We will take a drive to the beautiful Bring along any gardening questions Join us for a picnic lunch in these extensive variety of western and Chowder Bay which is located in the you may have as they have qualified gardens which are also known as international cuisines as well as Sydney Harbour National Park. horticulturists with over 20 years “The Jungle”. The park includes authentic Asian dumplings Chowder Bay offers spectacular experience in the nursery industry. tearooms, walking tracks and features harbour views for the perfect day out. They know how to fix sick plants and such as the Temple of Nature and a they will give you advice on the safest grotto with sandstone pagodas, ferns products that control pests that are and rainforest areas. also earth friendly Gaden Community Cafe Justice and Police Museum IKEA and Rhodes Shopping Centre Motorlife Museum—Port Kembla Gaden is a social enterprise café and With its 1890s holding cells, offices, Not only can you visit IKEA on this Take a step back in history with this community space in Woollahra run by charge rooms and courts, the museum outing, but also the Rhodes Waterside top museum which has on display cars, the Holdsworth Community Centre. draws you in to a world of crime, Shopping Centre. The centre includes caravans and even an old 1950s The café offers a quality a la carte punishment and policing. Crooks, cops, many shops such as Coles, Target, phone. Join us for a wonder through dining menu plus daily specials and thugs, judges, locals and drifters, Sheridan Studio, House—just to name this Museum before having lunch at coffee at affordable prices. whether guilty or innocent, they have a few! one of the local clubs. all left their stories here. FOR BOOKINGS CALL Please Note: Full Cost of outing MAY include bus fare, lunch and entry fee, unless otherwise specified. Some places may require a gold coin donation as an entry fee, which MAY not be included in the full cost. (02) 9772 4928 PRESS 1 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 3 4 5 6 New Year’s Day Public Holiday No Outing No Outing No Outing No Outing No Outing Office Closed 7 8 9 10 Padstow Bowling 11 12 13 Emperor’s Buffet Chowder Bay Drive Club BCCT Social Club Tim’s Garden Centre Mounties BUY OWN LUNCH Enfield BUY OWN DINNER Bus Cost: $7 Bus Cost: $13 Full Cost: $30 Bus Cost: $15 Bus Cost: $7 Bus Cost: $7 14 15 Blue Mountains 16 17 18 Gaden 19 20 Bass Hill RSL Signature Buffet Botanical Gardens Community Cafe Fairfield Markets BUY OWN DINNER Merrylands RSL picnic Kingsgrove BUY OWN LUNCH Bus Cost: $13 Bus Cost: $7 Full Cost: $25 Full Cost: $25 Bus Cost: $7 Bus Cost: $13 21 22Justice and Police 23 24 Grandview 25 26 27 Australia Day Public Motorlife Museum Museum Bowling Club BCCT Social Club Holiday BUY OWN LUNCH BUY OWN LUNCH IKEA Rhodes BUY OWN DINNER Bus Cost: $7 Office Closed Outing Cost: $25 Outing Cost: $25 Bus Cost: $7 Bus Cost: $7 28 29 30 31 Mount Lewis Mystery Outing Bowling Club BUY OWN LUNCH Wetherill Park BUY OWN DINNER Bus Cost: $15 Bus Cost: $7 Bus Cost: $7 DECMEBER FEBRUARY S RED WEEK BLUE WEEK Su M Tu W Th F Sa Su M Tu W Th F Sa Notes: H 31 1 2 1 2 3 O Wed Menai & Roselands Wed Menai Only 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 P P 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 I Thurs Chullora Thurs Chullora 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 N 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 25 26 27 28 G Fri Bass Hill Fri Bass Hill Lidcombe Shopping Centre Nepean Belle Paddlewheeler Schoolhouse Museum Mt. Schoenstatt Shrine (Church) Lidcombe Centre is located on The Nepean Belle is a romantic The NSW Schoolhouse Museum was Schoenstatt is a lay Marian movement Parramatta Road. It has a large food old-world style paddlewheeler. the first building of North Ryde Public of renewal within the Catholic Church. court and many specialty stores like Reflecting the grace and charm of School. The original schoolroom was Founded in Schoenstatt in Germany in Aldi, DSW Shoe Outlet, Daiso, Kmart yesteryear, the Belle’s interiors are built in 1877 for 45 pupils. Housed in 1914, there are over 200 Schoenstatt and many more beautifully paneled with stained restored early schoolrooms, the Shrines around the world. This Shrine timbers featuring cedar and teak. museum collects and preserves provides a natural and supernatural There is nothing quite like the nostal- objects relating to the history of home for all who visit them in faith.