Feature events

Young at Heart Film Festival

Don’t miss out on this rare opportunity to enjoy prestigious new films and restored classics. Meet the filmmakers and take part in this relaxed cultural event with friends and relatives. Visit www.youngatheart.net.au or call 02 9281 5608 for your FREE festival guide.

Thursday 25 March – Sunday 28 March
Dendy Opera Quays
Shop 9, 2 East Circular Quay, Sydney
$5.00
Bookings essential: 02 9247 3800 or at Dendy box office

Darling Harbour

Dance to the Kings of Swing big band and the George Washingmachine Quartet; move at the Twilight Disco and see The Carpenters from Kempsey perform their greatest hits! NSW Seniors Week ambassadors and professional dancers will also delight the crowds. Visit the Chinese Garden of Friendship or the Australian National Maritime Museum or take advantage of one of the many special deals on offer.

Wednesday 24 March - Sunday 28 March
Palm Grove, Darling Harbour
FREE
No bookings required

Cockatoo Island

Visit the largest island in Sydney Harbour! A former imperial prison, industrial school, reformatory and gaol, it was also the site of one of Australia’s biggest shipyards during the twentieth century. Today Cockatoo Island retains many remnants of its past. Prison buildings, large workshops, slipways, wharves, residences and other buildings retain the texture of the island’s industrial history.

Cockatoo Island
Sydney Harbour
Catch a ferry from
Circular Quay, Sydney
Bookings: 02 8969 2100
www.cockatooisland.gov.au

Newcastle Livesites

The second largest city in NSW presents a week long hub of free activities, workshops and events. Featuring the Concert Hall Swing Dance; photowalks; healthy cooking seminars; and Talks and Tunes at Civic Park and Newcastle Region Art Gallery.

Bookings and enquiries: 02 4925 3969
info@livesites.org.au
www.livesites.org.au

See A-Z listing of all events for more details.

Leading Women: In Conversation with Angela Catterns

Featuring NSW Seniors Week ambassadors Ita Buttrose, Marilyn Jones, Susan Ryan, Penelope Seidler and Gretta Anna Teplitzky.

Five successful women chat about their lives and how they forged outstanding careers, paving the way for subsequent generations. Icons in their fields, each has made an indelible mark in the history of NSW.

Wednesday 24 March
10.30am - 12.30pm
Eugene Goossens Hall
ABC Centre
700 Harris Street, Ultimo
FREE

Bookings essential: seniorsweekrsvp@dadhc.nsw.gov.au
NOTE: Bookings are limited and can only be made via email to seniorsweekrsvp@dadhc.nsw.gov.au
If you are successful a booking confirmation will be emailed to you.