National Tree Day community planting
Trees help clean the air we breathe, filter the water we drink, and provide habitat to over 80% of the world’s biodiversity. You too can help our environment by planting a tree as part of National Tree Day and the Peaks to Points Festival.
Enjoy the winter sun and help revegetate the Bremer River along Shapcott Park. All equipment is provided and you can plant 1 tree or as many as you would like.
Bring a hat, water, sunscreen and wear closed in shoes.
WHEN: 9am-11am
WHERE: Shapcott Park, 116 Gladstone Road, Coalfalls
COST: Free
Baseball club come and try day
THE Ipswich Musketeers Baseball Club will be holding come and try and sign-on days on August 19 and 26 from 10am to midday.
Head down to the Tivoli Sporting Complex at 69 Church St to let your kids try this action packed sport.
The club welcomes kids from four years to 19.
The baseball season starts in October.
WHEN: 10am – 12pm
WHERE: Tivoli Sporting Complex, 69 Church St, Tivoli
COST: Free
FOREIGN BODIES: NEW WORK BY CHRISTOPHER TROTTER
These new sculptures by Christopher Trotter are created from natural objects and discarded machinery. Drawn to the unique forms and weathered surfaces of these materials, Trotter’s creations appear to have lived a hard life performing the task for which they were invented. Since each creation is made by joining unrelated materials in an illogical yet seemingly plausible combination, we are left to ponder exactly what function they performed.
WHEN: 10am-5pm daily, until 22 July
WHERE: d’Arcy Doyle Place, Ipswich
COST: Free
SILVER & GOLD: UNIQUE AUSTRALIAN OBJECTS 1830–1910
Silver & Gold: unique Australian objects 1830–1910 showcases exceptional nineteenth and early 20th Century Australian silver and gold objects drawn from the National Gallery of Australia’s significant collection of colonial decorative arts and design. The theme of this exhibition is celebration, with objects marking significant personal, community and professional achievements and milestones, or displays of prosperity and artistic accomplishment.
WHEN: 10am-5pm daily, until August 26, 2018
WHERE: Ipswich Art Gallery, d’Arcy Doyle Place, Ipswich
COST: Free
Wind Tubes
Design and build your very own flying creation to test in the Wind Tubes. See your creation take flight and soar to the ceiling and defy gravity by hovering high overhead… or just fall to the floor. It’s all about air and invention, with a little bit of mid-air mayhem.
Wind Tubes is a hands-on exhibition that challenges you to make a flying creation out of everyday materials and launch it into large, clear vertical tubes of moving air.
Plastic, paper cups, polystyrene, ping pong balls, propellers and more … all the materials you need are provided. But can your design overcome turbulence, drag, air resistance and gravity?
Wind Tubes is a fun, interactive exhibition for the whole family. There’s a special space for children under two to enjoy.
WHEN: 10am – 5pm
WHERE: Ipswich Art Gallery, d’Arcy Doyle Place (Nicholas Street), Ipswich
COST: Free
Afternoon tennis for over 35s
Ipswich Veterans Tennis Association hosts afternoon tennis for over 35s each Sunday. Contact the association on 0418 154 903.
WHEN: 1pm-4pm
WHERE: Ipswich District Junior Tennis Association courts, Chermside Road, Ipswich
COST: Membership $45 per year, $5 court fees on the day
All Abilities Morning Run
Rise and Shine, head out for a run. Find other ideas to stay fit at Active and Healthy Ipswich – click here
WHEN: 6am
WHERE: Robelle Domain Parklands, 155 Southern Cross Circuit, Springfield Central
COST: Free
19th & 20th Century Works
View some of the finest pieces from the Ipswich Art Gallery’s collection of 19th and early 20th century fine art and folk art, as well as contemporary works reflecting Ipswich’s heritage.
WHEN: 10am-5pm daily, until October 14
WHERE: Ipswich Art Gallery, d’Arcy Doyle Place, Nicholas St, Ipswich
COST: Free entry
Shapeshifters: 3D Printing the Future
Showcasing works by seven Australian and one international maker, this exhibition explores how 3D printing has revolutionised the way we design and apply products in our everyday lives. Artist creations on display include jewellery, fashion and prosthetics, all created using 3D printing technology. A series of workshops will accompany the exhibition including hands-on opportunities for adults and children to design and print their own 3D objects.
WHEN: Daily, until 2 September, 2018
WHERE: The Workshops Rail Museum, North St, North Ipswich
COST: Free with admission
Ipswich House Portraits from the collection
Image: Bruce Buchanan Claremont 2004 (detail) | Watercolour on paper, 67 x 100cm. Ipswich Art Gallery Collection. Commissioned with funds donated by the Friends of the Ipswich Art Gallery, 2005
This selection of ‘house portraits’ examines the city’s significant domestic architectural heritage as seen through the eyes of contemporary Queensland artists.
These house portraits are more than mere pictorial representations of the city’s heritage-listed buildings, instead offering explorations into the architectural design, construction and fabrication methods while also exposing more than a hint of the personal histories and memories of their former residents.
WHEN: 10am-5pm daily, until August 26, 2018
WHERE: Ipswich Art Gallery, d’Arcy Doyle Place, Ipswich
COST: Free
Ipswich Showplace Markets
The Ipswich Showplace Markets are held every Sunday at the Ipswich Showgrounds. They are open to the public between 6am and 11:30am.
Stallholders currently sell a range of items, both new and second hand. They range from toys, clothes, books, plants, household items, DVDs and CDs, art, craft, tools, hardware, services, fruit and vegetables, ice-cream, hot food, coffee and more.
WHEN: 6am-11.30am
WHERE: Ipswich Showgrounds, 81 Warwick Rd
COST: Coin donation
English-Spanish Church
Fountain of Eternal Life Christian Church (Iglesia Fuente De Vida Externa) serves the Latin America community in Springfield Central and surrounding communities. Services are held weekly.
WHEN: 10.30am-12.30pm
WHERE: 4/145 Sinnathamby Boulevard, Springfield Central
COST: Free
