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What's on in Whyalla this weekend.

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Published 1st December 2017
Your guide to community events in our city and region.

Whyalla Art Group

When: Friday, December 1 from 7.30am. Event type: Spring Exhibition. Come along and see some of our new work. The exhibition continues for three weeks with the gallery open Tuesday to Friday 11am to 3pm and Saturday 11am-1pm. Cost: Free entry. Focus: Art, cultural, community. Where: Darling Terrace Art Gallery. Contact: 0408 851 610.


Whyalla Palliative Care Service

When: Saturday, December 3, 2pm. Event type: Palliative Care Remembrance and Thanksgiving Service. For those who have placed a paver and all people who wish to remember someone special, giving thanks for their life. All welcome for the service followed by afternoon tea. Focus: Community, care, family. Where: Whyalla Hospital garden. Contact: 8648 8393 to RSVP.


Race your mates/burnouts

When: Saturday, December 2. Event Type: Motor sport. Focus: Children, community, family. Where: Steel City Raceway, Mullaquana Road, Whyalla. Contact: Mandy Harding,  secretary@steelcitydrags.com. Ph. 0417 806 928


Kart Club Christmas Meet

When: Saturday December 2. Event type: Round 8 of the Whyalla Kart Club Championships. Focus: Community, family, sport. Entry: Free. Where: Whyalla Kart Club, Middleback Range, 5km outside of Whyalla. Contact: Dave Camwell 0499 014 009.


Christmas Concert

When: Saturday, December 2, 1pm. Event Type: Band of South Australian Police Christmas Concert. Focus: Entertainment. Where: Middleback Arts Centre, Nicolson Avenue, Whyalla. Contact:  08 8644 7300 or www.middlebackthreatre.com.au


Xmas "Turn Back Time" Dinner Dance

When: Saturday, December 2, 7pm. Event type: Xmas Turn Back Time Dinner Dance. Focus: Entertainment with 3-course meal and music from Just Me. Free photo boot and candy bar. Where: West Whyalla Football Club. Contact: David James 0409 678 269.


Scout Group Market  

When: Saturday. December 3, 8.30am-1pm. Event type: Stalls, crafts, candles, home-baked goods, second-hand items, sausage sizzle. Focus: Community. Where: Rozee Street Scout Hall. Contact: Christine 0418 870 890


2017 Whyalla Art Prize Exhibition

When: Finishes, Saturday, December 2. Event type: Art exhibition. Focus: Arts and culture. Where: Middleback Arts Centre. Contact: 08 8644 7300 or www.middlebackthreatre.com.au


International Day for People wih Disability

When: Sunday, December 3, 11.30am to 3pm. Event Type: Awareness and entertainment. Focus: Children, community, disability, family. The Whyalla Youth Advisory Committee are holding an event at the Whyalla Foreshore to celebrate/recognise International Day of People with Disability, on this day we will have food stalls, coffee van, face painting, many activities including a mobility challenge, Disability info, live entertainment by Emily Rawlings, Jasmine Moder and Brie Ryan, sand art with D'faces (on the beach) and lost of free fun things to do. Get on the beach by walking/wheeling on the rollout beach mats, take a spin in the beach wheelchairs with volunteers from Push Mobility on hand to assist! Where: Whyalla foreshore. Contact: Gail Rostig 8640 3444 gail.rostig@whyalla.sa.gov.au.


 

George Avenue Community Market  

When: Sunday, December 3. 7.30am-11.30am. Event type: Car boot sale, bric-a-brac, plants, second hand goods. Focus: Community. Where: George Avenue. Contact: 0416 378 539


 

Whyalla Maritime Museum and Guided Ship Tours  

When: Saturday and Sunday (and every day) 11.30am-4pm. Ship tours 11.30am and 1.30pm. Focus: Family, general interest. Cost: Adults $12, Concession $10, Children $7, Family $31. Where: Whyalla Visitor Centre, Lincoln Highway. Contact: 8645 7900.


 

Elvis Presley Museum  

When: Saturday and Sunday by appointment only. Focus: Whyalla's very own Graceland. Elvis memorabilia, music.. Where: Private residence. Contact: Peter 0413 062 838


 

Whyalla Public Library  

When: Saturday 9am-1pm. Sunday 1pm-5pm. Focus: Community, family. Cost: Free. Where: 7-9 Ekblom Street (behind the Westland Shopping Centre). Contact: 8645 7891.


 

For our full calendar of events go to http://www.whyalla.sa.gov.au/page.aspx?u=796#month/2017-11-30 

To have your event added to the database, contact Council's Community Events Officer. E-mail: rebecca.neilson@whyalla.sa.gov.au or phone (08) 8640-3444. Fax: (08) 8644-2355