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Connecting with one another has never been more important. That is why we are continuing to celebrate Seniors Month, 1- 31 October 2024.
Council encourages you to connect and celebrate with our communities’ seniors.
Seniors Month aims to:
- improve community attitudes towards older people and ageing
- facilitate community participation and activity by older people, including those from Indigenous and culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds
- enhance community connections and inter-generational relationships.
Glimpse the community and Council events from Seniors Month 2023:
Community events and activities
H.O.P.E Cafe (Helping Other Possibilities Emerge)
Markets
H.O.P.E Cafe (Helping Other Possibilities Emerge)
When: 11am-1pm, Wednesday 25 October
Where: Builyan and Many Peaks Progress Association Hall
Social connection is more important than ever, so we invite our Senior Community to join us for lunch in the country and a menu of conversation at the beautiful Builyan and Many Peaks Progress Association Hall.
Cost: Free, bookings required (Bookings open 25 September).
Gladstone Entertainment Convention Centre events
Morning Melodies – Rocket Man! ** Sold Out **
When: 10am, Tuesday 10 October
Where: Gladstone Entertainment Convention Centre
Come and experience the Elton John Experience, it will be a spectacular show from start to finish. No one quite embodies the charm, versatility, dynamic charisma, and is able to recreate the flamboyant stage show of Sir Elton John, quite like Greg Andrew. Rocketman Flying Solo is a stripped-back, intimate, up close, and personal show built on the hits and format of Sir Elton John’s own solo touring show.
Details https://www.gladstoneentertainment.com/whats-on or call 4972 2822
Gladstone Regional Art Gallery & Museum events
Official Opening and Awards Presentation of The 48th Rio Tinto & QAL Martin Hanson Memorial Art Awards
Official opening and award presentation the 48th Rio Tinto & QAL Martin Hanson Memorial Art Awards.
When: 6pm, Saturday 21 October
Where: Gladston Regional Art Gallery and Museum
Cost: Free
Our Priceless Past
When: 16 September-11 November
Where: Gladstone Regional Art Gallery & Museum
Gladstone Regional Art Gallery & Museum will showcase the annual Our Priceless Past exhibition. The 2023 Our Priceless Past exhibition showcases Gladstone Region Special Seniors, their memorabilia and stories written by selected students from Calliope State High School.
Gladstone Regional Libraries events
MAKERTIME – Pyrography for Beginners
Fake it until you Make it! Join us each month as we make something new (or old depending on your view). This Maker Time will get you burning simple patterns into wood coasters
Cost: Free
Where: Regional Libraries
- Agnes Water Library - 2pm, 27 October - must call to book. Phone (07) 4902 1501
- Boyne Island Library - 10.30am, 26 October - must call to book. Phone (07) 4971 9700
- Calliope Library - 9.30am, 11 October - must call to book. Phone (07) 4975 8105
- Miriam Vale Library - 10.30am, 9 October - must call to book. Phone (07) 4974 6241
Movietime - “Whina”
The extraordinary true story of beloved Maori matriarch, Dame Whina Cooper. Come along to Calliope library to watch this month’s movie in air-conditioned comfort. Light refreshments provided.
When: 10am, 5 October
Where: Calliope Library
Cost: Free - must call to book. Phone (07) 4975 8105
TECHTIME Tech Help
These 30 minutes sessions are for individual help or bring along a friend and learn together.
When: 10am, 27 October
Where: Agnes Water Library
Cost: Free - must call to book. Phone (07) 4902 1501
Seniors Morning Tea - Cards and Game Morning
Come and join in the fun and action of playing games like Dominoes, Cribbage, Canasta, Trivial Pursuit and Chinese Checkers.
When: 9.30am - noon, 16 October
Where: Agnes Water Library
Cost: Free - must call to book. Phone (07) 4902 1501
Community events and activities*
Colour Me Capricorn Gladstone
When: 6am-9am, Sunday 15 October
Where: Gladstone Ports Corporation Marina Parklands
Get ready to run, walk, dance or stroll your way along the garden path, creating clouds of colour in Gladstone at the most colourful fun run - Colour Me Capricorn Gladstone! Suitable for all ages and abilities. A fundraiser for the CapRescue Helicopter.
Cost: Youth - $15, Adult - $25, Family of 4 - $70, Team of 4 - $80
Markets*
Beach Arts Music Markets
When: 2pm-7pm, Saturday 7 October
Where: Millennium Esplanade Tannum Sands
Live entertainment, great food and a huge variety of market stalls. Bring a blanket/some chairs and make an afternoon of it.
Discovery Coast Markets
When: 8am-12pm, Sunday 8 & 22 October
Where: Seventeen Seventy SES Grounds
Free community event held on the 2nd and 4th Sunday of the month. Featuring food stalls, live entertainment, arts and creation stalls and lots more.
Rotary Charity Markets
When: 7am-12pm, Sunday 15 October
Where: Tondoon Botanic Gardens
The Rotary Club of Gladstone Midday is hosting their Charity Market at the Tondoon Botanic Gardens. Come along and see the beautiful Tondoon Botanic Gardens come alive with food, craft, fruit and vegetables and much more.
Calliope Rotary Markets
When: 8am-12pm, Sunday 22 October
Where: Calliope Rodeo Grounds, 3 Taragoola Road
Open air market with heaps of room at the Calliope Rodeo Grounds. Enjoy a bbq breakfast or country cuppa and biscuits etc for morning tea. Monthly market held 4th Sunday of the month.
*Please note that Council is advertising these events on behalf of the provider as part of Queensland Seniors Month. These events are not Council events and should be undertaken at the participant’s own risk.