By Charlene Macaulay
Free outdoor movie
Enjoy a free outdoor movie night featuring family favourite, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, on December 8 in the playground behind The Grove Sales and Information Centre, 180 Davis Road, Tarneit. The fun runs from 7-10pm and will include a visit by Santa and one of his elves, face-painting, a community-run barbecue, and a lucky dip for kids ahead of the sunset screening. There will also be free coffee and popcorn.
■ 13 5263 or visit
www.stockland.com.au/the-grove
Change of preference expo
Victoria University will hold a Change of Preference Expo on December 17 from 3-6pm at its Footscray Park campus, Ballarat Road, Footscray. The expo will feature information about scholarships, ways to get involved outside the classroom, and free food and coffee.
■ 9919 6100 or visit vu.edu.au
Station Place sessions
Add a little music to your lunchtime line-up with Station Place Sessions in Werribee’s City Centre. Noah Peters, a regular busker at the Third Street Promenade in Santa Monica, will be performing on December 8 and 15 between noon and 3pm.
■ 9742 0777 or email
mail@wyndham.vic.gov.au
University of the Third Age
Sign up to the University of the Third Age on December 11 from 9.30am-12.30pm at the Hoppers Crossing Sports Club, Hogans Road, Hoppers Crossing. Choose from 24 topics from Australian History to yoga. No exams. $40 annual membership entitles a member to attend any number of topics each term.
■ 9749 5957 or www.u3awbee.net.au
Basketball general meeting
The Werribee Basketball Association will hold its annual general meeting and nominations for committee at 10am on December 9 at Eagle Stadium.
Relax with meditation
Find 45 minutes out of your usual routine and experience serenity and calmness through guided meditation commentary and in a safe comfortable environment on December 14 from 7.30pm at the Derrimut Heath Primary School community room. Enter via Fernwood Drive gate. Entry is $5. Bookings not required. Heated room. Bring a mat, blanket/pillow or other props for comfort. Not suitable for young children.
■ Trevor, 0438 304 638 or email bewiseyoga@gmail.com
Carols at Featherbrook
Bring a blanket and some picnic chairs to Featherbrook Oval, 33 Windorah Drive, Point Cook, on December 15 from 6pm for a night of holiday cheer that will include a family festival, carols, an animal farm, jumping castle, face-painting, roving entertainment, food trucks and fireworks.
■ Steve, 0421 036 876
Lions Christmas cakes
The Lions Club of Werribee will be selling Christmas cakes and puddings at Manor Lakes Shopping Centre, Bunnings Hoppers Crossing and Bunnings Werribee on December 8-9 between 9am-3pm. More dates to come.
Lung support group
Western Breathers for Life welcomes anyone with breathing difficulties due to lung disease to come along for a cuppa, chat and support. The group meets at the Kelly Park Community Centre, Synnot Street, Werribee on the second Friday of every month from 10am-noon.
■ 0400 988 872 or email westernbreathers@gmail.com
