Come along and support the Lions Club of Margaret River - while picking up a bargain!

Twice a month the Lions hold their popular "Garage Sale" where visitors can pick up all sorts of goodies including bedding, clothing, bric-a-brac, electrical....the list goes on!

Hay Shed Hill presents a collection of work by well known Margaret River artist Rebecca Cool

Join the team at The Larder for their spring cooking classes - these classes are delicious and fill up quick!

RUNNING WITH THE BULLS - SPANISH TAPAS COOKING CLASS

Grab your Flamenco shoes and join us for an evening of culinary curiosities.
Sea salt + fennel spiced almonds
Chorizo, quince+ Manchego crostini
Caramelized onion + potato tortilla
Basque chicken with mixed olives, proscuitto and red peppers
Sweet sherry, honey and cinnamon bread 
Pedro ximenez hot chocolate
 
6.30pm start – Thursday Sept 2nd - $88 incl GST

THRILL YOUR GRILL - BBQ COOKING CLASS

One of our most popular classes. Become the king of the campfire with these easy, delicious dishes. Great gift for Father’s Day!
 
Grilled caeser salad
The perfect steak sandwich
Chicken and lemongrass sausage on sugar cane with tamarind syrup
Salt and pepper squid
Salsa, marinades and more

6.30pm start - Thursday Sept 9th - $88 inclusive GST

EAT, PRAY, LENTIL – INDIAN VEGETARIAN COOKING CLASS

Warm away those winter blues with these nutritious vegetarian dishes.
Steamed semolina cakes with black eyed bean dhal
Paneer cheese with peppers  Peanut radish salad
Potato and tamarind masala
Warm carrot pudding with cardamom yoghurt

6.30 pm Thursday 16th September -$88 inc GST
 
 
CHICKEN MASTERCLASS COOKING CLASS
BRADLEY HORNBY FROM KNEE DEEP WINES

Bradley Hornby joins us for a special master class with many years of experience in high quality restaurants and 5 star luxury resorts such as Huka Lodge, Inter Continental Wellington and Lizard Island
 
Salt & pepper spiced chicken ‘oysters’
with Japanese mayonnaise, cucumber and pickled ginger salad
Butter roasted Poussin breast with confit leg roll, cauliflower puree and cous cous
Knife tips, professional kitchen secrets and more..

Served with wines by acclaimed Sommelier Liz Buttimore from Knee Deep wines

6.30pm start - Thursday 14th October - $110 Inc GST

Sept  9 — Rusty Tin Men – Thursday Night Acoustic Vibe 8-10pm
Sept 10 —  Minute 36 – Album Launch - Indie Rock/Goth
Sept 11 — Kniki & Band - plus: Pink & White Bridge -   Blues Rock Acoustic
Sept 12 — Minute 36 Stripped Back - “Blues on the Verandah 3-6pm”    Unplugged – Acoustic Roots & Blues                  
Sept 15 — Acoustic Open Mic Night - Every Wednesday 8pm hosted by Elliott Morris & Brett Wilson – Wed night raises money for the Margaret River Primary School Band

Front Row Experiences coming soon: 
Sept 22 Wed -   Amy Meredith – *Tx on sale at venue  or www.heatseeker.com.au
Sept 24  Ash Grunwald Plus The Joe Kings – *Tx on sale now at Settlers Tavern or www.bocsticketing.com.au
Sept 30  Little Red with Sparkadia – *Tx info soon
Nov 27  The Audreys – Oztix - 1300 762 545 www.oztix.com.au THIS SHOW WILL SELL OUT!

What’s new! 
Aug 20th 2010 – Australian Financial Review/Tim White names Settlers Tavern in TOP 10 WINE LISTS Australia (the only WA LIST to be named)
Aug 2nd 2010 - Setters Tavern Awarded BEST PUB RESTAURANT WINE LIST AUSTRALIA 2010 for the second year in a row in the Gourmet Traveller WINE & Fine Wine Partners - Wine List of the Year Awards. See the press release here. 

“Settlers Tavern... the kind of pub every wine region should have.”  - Gourmet Traveller WINE

BEST PUB RESTAURANT WINE LIST AUSTRALIA   2009 Australian Wine List of the Year Awards   -Gourmet Traveller WINE
WA’s BEST REGIONAL HOTEL / TAVERN OF THE YEAR!   And.... WA COMMUNITY SERVICES AWARD  Aust Hotels Assn – Awards for Excellence 2009

Russell Ord from Sitting Room Gallery, Cowaramup presents his upcoming exhibition Raw Motion Exhibition

Opening Night 7pm Friday 10th September 2010 Runs until 7th November 2010

A collection of Ocean Photographic Works exhibiting at Bunbury Regional Art Galleries.

Proudly Sponsored by Bunbury Regional Art Galleries, Sitting Room Gallery, Edwards Winery, Fitzgerald Photo Lab, Scott Print and Camera Electronic

More details online at www.sittingroom.com.au

Each spring the region comes alive with wildflowers!

With 2,500 wildflower and 150 orchid species in the Margaret River region, it is one of the top 10 biodiversity hotspots in the world. You will be enchanted by the kaleidoscope of colour and delicate designs.

Join one of our Wildflower Walking Tours to experience for yourself the brilliance of nature on an informative guided wildflower tour.

Third Tuesday: a monthly morning session for newcomers hosted by Arts Margaret River from 10.30am to noon on the third Tuesday of each month in the Foyer Gallery, Margaret River Cultural Centre.

Our next Third Tuesday events will be September 21.

We like to welcome new people to Margaret River and for anyone interested in the arts, Arts Margaret River is a great way to get involved, make new friends and have some fun. At each of these sessions there will be tea/coffee available and a short introduction/welcome.

Just come along or phone Arts Margaret River on 9758 7316 (10.00am-4.00pm weekdays) to register your interest or for more information.

Amy Meredith are excited to announce details of their headline RESTLESS TOUR, after what has an been an incredible start to 2010. The tour takes in 18 dates across Australia this September and October, and comes off the back of huge chart success with their smash hit single Lying and debut album Restless.
 
Furthermore, fans have even more reason to be excited - Young At Heart, the song that has sent fans into an online frenzy since they got their hands on the album, is heading out to radio next week.

The band released their debut album Restless last week, where it debuted on the national ARIA charts at #8, following Lying smashing into the Top Ten of the ARIA singles chart. They will soon be supporting Aussie rockers Grinspoon around the country, before heading out as headliners on their own tour to take their tunes to the masses.
 
Off the back of the two smash hit singles, Lying and Pornstar, Restless has been backed up with live appearances on ‘Hey Hey It’s Saturday’, the State of Origin, and ‘Sunrise’, followed by gigs from Perth to Brisbane and everywhere in between. The band have toured non-stop for the past 12 months, scoring massive support slots with the likes of Cobra Starship, Stereophonics and Good Charlotte.
 
The journey to album release has been a long one for the Sydney 5 piece; they have spent the last 3 years gearing up for this moment and they are going to enjoy every second of its success when they head out on the road.
 
Special guests will be announced as supports for all shows,  tickets on sale www.heatseeker.com.au or at the door $18
 
For more information, jump on over to www.myspace.com/amymeredithband

Come down and check out the goings on at Caves House during the long weekend!

Friday, 24th September
Knee Deep wine & cheese tasting 5pm – 7pm
Freya Hanley playing 7pm – 10pm

Saturday, 25th September
AFL Grand Final LIVE on the BIG screen in the Yallingup Room
John Read Band playing after the game

Sunday, 26th September
Come and enjoy Caves House famous Sunday Session – Qynn and support act playing from 5pm

COOKING CLASSES - 2 Hours
Our cooking classes welcomes participants from the complete novice through to the experienced enthusiast. Stand along side our very own Tony Howell and learn some of his kitchen secrets, tips and recipes.
 
Cooking Classes- Saturdays 3.30pm - 5.30pm
25 Sept, 23 October

Prices
$95 pp  Cooking Class Only
$230 pp Cooking Class followed by a superb 5 Course Chef's Tasting Menu in the Cape Lodge Restaurant

This annual event is held in a different state each year, and will be held at both the Bunbury and Busselton Hockey Stadiums in 2010. 
Men's hockey teams from all over Australia will participate in O/40, O/45, O/50, O/55, O/60, O/65 and O/70 divisions during the two week tournament. 
Spectators are welcome to watch games, with canteen and bar facilities available at both venues. 

7.30pm Monday 27th September is this year's Winter Storytelling final session in the series. 
Everyone is welcome to get up and share their poetry, short stories...in fact any general life experiences. And for those who prefer to just listen...well you are very welcome too! 
Ash believes there is a rich source of creative talent in Margaret River. He takes great delight in encouraging storytelling in the community and ensuring Margaret River Bookshop plays a lead role in providing the opportunity for local and visitors to share their work. 
Winter Story Telling FREE entry

Melbourne’s Little Red have announced a massive headline tour in support of their forthcoming new album Midnight Remember.
 
The sophomore album’s undeniable lead single Rock It has already taken the nation’s airwaves by storm and anticipation for this next chapter in the Little Red story is sky high. Underpinned by a sly disco bass hook and spry piano, Rock It mimics the experience of the summer nights that you don’t want to let go of, even when night turns to day. It has become the band’s most successful single to date and is already being mentioned in media circles as one of the singles of the year. 

Produced by Scott Horscroft (Panics, The Presets), Midnight Remember’s collection of tunes still drip with energy and heart-on-the-floor honesty in true Little Red style, but there is also an undeniable technical jump into a hyperspace that takes the band well into the modern age. You are as likely to hear echoes of Phoenix to The Pogues, early U2 to MGMT, with lashings of Bob Dylan and his erudite prose seeping through. Midnight Remember is unquestionably a quantum leap in songwriting and production. That is not to denigrate the band’s scorching 2008 debut album Listen to Little Red – a landmark debut record that crashed the ARIA Top 30, spawned radio singles Coca Cola, Witchdoctor and Misty I,  made countless critics’ Album of the Year listings and catapulted the band from the backblocks of Melbourne to a must-have fixture on any major music festival in Australia and sold out headline tours around the country. 

Accompanying Little Red on this 'Midnight Remember' tour will be special guests Sparkadia. Sparkadia are poised to release the first single of the new album, “Talking Like I’m Falling Down Stairs” and return to Australian stages, as guests of Little Red, for the first time since their sold out Auf weidersehen tour in April 2009. “Talking Like I’m Falling Down Stairs” is, in typical Sparkadia form, a melody and hook ridden excursion into ‘odd pop’, and one that teases and harkens to a coming record brimming with excitement. 

Standard and Advanced Evaluate Wine Workshops coming July through to October. Wine sensory, covering basic wine faults and how to detect them, the different taste sensations and how to describe the feel of wine in the mouth. Discover the different varieties, where they are grown, there taste characteristics and regional differences.

Spend Your Weekend At The Town Square Markets!

Whether it be regional produce, art, craft, fashion or jewellery - you'll find it all here at the Town Square Markets.  Grab yourself, or a loved one, a gift from Margaret River today!

Lend The Environment A Helping Hand!

Every Thursday at 9am - 2pm the Capes Volunteer Team head out to the natural areas and carry out conservation activities - whether it be attacking weeds, collecting seeds, planting trees or maintaining tracks.

Whatever the job, the team gets out there, has fun and helps the environment.  And you can too!

The team meets at the Capes Office at the Community Centre, Tunbridge Street, Margaret River.  Make sure you bring your lunch and wear appropriate and hardy clothing and footwear.

So come on, join the Eco Warriors!

Think Fresh, Think Seasonal, Think Local!

Margaret River regularly hosts its popular Farmers Markets for one and all to grab a fresh, tasty bargain.  The popular breakfast bar and Yahava Koffee van are always there along with heaps of locally produced food and other goodies - with enough new in season to keep everyone suprised! Stalls are manned by the growers and producers themselves providing you with a diverse range of prime South-west produce.

And at 11am on each market day a hamper of local goodies will be drawn (everytime you buy something - grab yourself a free raffle ticket!)

Markets are open from 8am - 12pm

2010 Dates:

September 11th & 25th
October 9th & 23rd
November 13th & 27th
December 11th & 18th