The (october) Plan
Sydney Morning Herald
Thursday September 25, 2008
Pedal power Go green and get healthy with the City of Sydney Spring Cycle. The charity ride has routes for all levels - all finishing at Sydney Olympic Park - and money raised from registrations benefits MS Australia. October 19. $60, or two adults and two children for $125. Starting points vary. www.springcycle.com.au.
Build up Do you have a thing for iron bridges and roman arches? The Sydney Architecture Festival might be the wonderland you've been looking for. On World Architecture Day (Monday, October 6), the festival takes over Circular Quay with free city building tours, talks and activities for children. Centring on Customs House, the festival offers an Iron Architect competition for young designers, the chance to build a Lego treasure with the guidance of an architect and much more. For something with bite, bulldozing former PM Paul Keating delivers a talk in the Utzon Room of the Sydney Opera House about his vision for Circular Quay. What will a panel of experts including Elizabeth Farrelly have to say about his proposals? Find out at 2pm. All events free. Booking essential for Keating talk. Phone: 9250 7777. The festival runs from 10am-4pm. www.sydneyarchitecturefestival.org. Art with heart Photographer Kate Burke has been visiting the Salvation Army's Oasis centre in Surry Hills for two years, taking pictures of the homeless young people who have used its services. Her images have been published in a book, Fridays at Oasis, and during October they are at the Unseen exhibition at the Meyer Gallery. October 1-28, Wednesday-Saturday, 11am-6pm and Sundays, noon-4pm. Free. 269 Bourke Street, Darlinghurst. Phone: 9380 8014. Parra matters Parramatta's 20-year-old Riverside Theatres is staging a production of Damien Millar's verbatim play The Modern International Dead, October 14-18. Drawing from interviews with humanitarian and medical aid workers, the show reveals the personal stories of workers and their experiences in the world's most troubled spots. Tasdance and the Western Sydney Dance Action perform One for Sorrow, Two for Joy, a new collection of six works choreographed by company members. October 29-November 1. Riverside Theatres, cnr Church and Market streets, Parramatta. www.riversideparramatta.com.au. Cheese tasting Lovers of all things yellow and mouldy will find much to delight them at the Sydney Specialist Cheese Show. Thirty cheesemakers will talk visitors through the art of tasting and some 150 handmade Aussie varieties will be available. October 19, 11am-4pm. $40. Grand Ballroom, Four Seasons Hotel, 199 George Street, The Rocks. Bookings essential: 0405 637 207; www.australiancheese.org. Surf's up Seventeen of the world's best women surfers will compete for $100,000 in the (Layne) Beachley Surf Classic, which takes over Queenscliff at the northern end of Manly Beach from October 9-14. Meanwhile, on October 12, Aussie celebs will surf for charity at Queenscliff. 8am-4pm daily. Phone: (07) 5599 1550; www.aspworldtour.com.Never miss an issue of the(sydney)magazine. Join our monthly reminder list at www.smh.com.au/thesydneymagazine.
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