Activities for Seniors' Week

A range of activities will be held on the Peninsula during Seniors' Week, organised by the Hop and Go Committee and Gosford Council.

Events include concerts, wildlife tours, seminars and discount movies.

Seniors' Week is an annual event which provides a program of events for seniors.

This year it will run from March 13 to 20.

The annual barbecue and concert at the Ettalong Beach War Memorial Club will be held by Member for Peats Ms Marie Andrews, with two sessions this year.

The National Parks and Wildlife Service will be holding a "tag-a-long" 4WD tour, and will include a short bushwalk to Rocky Ponds.

There will be an environmental bus tour, which will visit the dunecare work in Umina, and the Woy Woy Environment Centre.

Ms Rosemary Block, of the State Library of New South Wales, will conduct a seminar on oral history entitled "I wish I'd asked my grandmother".

Cinema Paradiso is offering "buy one get one free" movie tickets on the Tuesday and Wednesday, as well as free tea and coffee.

Woy Woy library will be giving an introductory lesson in accessing the internet for seniors called "Lets Get the Hang of This Thing!"

There will be the opportunity to try indoor bowls at Ettalong Senior Citizens Centre.

"Morning tea with the birds" is a bus trip to Somersby Falls in Brisbane Water National Park.

The most expensive activities are priced at under $20, while most are free.

For more details, contact 4325 8222.

Pamphlet, February 14 Gosford Council