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Council News CITY OF WAGGA WAGGA
FIRST PRINTED SATURDAY 16 JANUARY 2021
Issue No: 328
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Creative vibe fills gallery at art Camp The Wagga Wagga Art Gallery has been full of wild and wondrous creations from the series of workshops held this week as part of the inaugural Art Camp program. The event featured eight workshops across four days from 12 January, catering to different age groups from children under 12 to teenagers and families. The Art Camp program was well patronised as budding creatives took advantage of the opportunity to get some hands-on and fun skills building in areas such as digital drawing and projection, paper flower making, screen-printing and embellishing.
City set for Australia Day celebrations The Wagga Wagga Botanic Gardens will be the focal point of the city’s 2021 Australia Day community celebrations, with a free barbecue breakfast and a morning of live entertainment on Tuesday 26 January.
The Australia Day 2021 committee supported by Council has finalised its planning for the city’s Australia Day events, ensuring they will all comply with NSW Government COVID-19 restrictions. In a first for Wagga Wagga, the city’s
Australia Day 2021 Awards Ceremony on the evening of Monday 25 January, will be livestreamed and emceed by Stina Constantine. Mayor of the City of Wagga Wagga Councillor Greg Conkey OAM said due to COVID restrictions the general public will not be able to attend the ceremony at the Civic Theatre. “We will have the nominees for the four award categories, along with their families at the Civic Theatre,” Cr Conkey said. “We are encouraging the broader community to show their support by joining the livestream to see the announcement of our Citizen of the Year, Young Citizen of the Year, Environmental Citizen of the Year, and our Walk of Honour inductee.”
The livestream will be available on Council’s website at wagga.nsw.gov.au/ australiaday Residents will have the chance to share in the celebrations in person on Australia Day itself with a morning program at the Wagga Wagga Botanic Gardens, followed by free entry at the Oasis Regional Aquatic Centre from 12noon to 6pm. From 7am the Australia Day 2021 committee, supported by Council, will host a free barbecue breakfast for the community, as well as the Australia Day 2021 Citizenship Ceremony and live entertainment for the whole family at the gardens. Director Community Janice Summerhayes said a stage will be set up on the grassy area opposite the main carpark – near the café -
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with two designated areas set aside for the community. “It is wonderful an Australia Day event can be held this year to give everyone a chance to celebrate and take part in a fun community event,” Ms Summerhayes said. “Due to COVID restrictions, the overall number who can attend is limited to 3000. “We will have two entry points only and people will need to sign in via QR codes and will then be allocated to one of the designated areas, where they can set up a picnic spot. “We won’t be providing seating, so we encourage residents to bring along a picnic rug and chairs so they can relax and enjoy the event. Continued on page 2.