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PARTY HIGHLIGHTS
REGATTA POINT
Nicholas Milton, the Chief Conductor of the Canberra Symphony Orchestra, on the Symphony Stage at the lawns of Old Parliament House, where they will perform as part of centenary celebrations. Photo: Rohan Thomson
- Noon: Welcome
- Noon-12.50pm: Royal Military College Band
- 12.30-11pm: tribute to original contemporary music, including performances by the church, The Gadflys, The Falling Joys, 78 Saab and Machine Translations
- 3.45 pm-4pm: King’s Park. ‘Country’, raising of exhibition of natural materials indigenous to our land
- 4pm-9pm: MC Paul McDermott
COMMONWEALTH PARK
Children’s entertainment
- From 1.30pm: ANTS by Polyglot Theatre, performances from 1.30-2pm
- From 2pm: Sienta La Cabeza live street performance
- 2pm-4pm: storytellers, near Nerang Pool
- Noon-6pm: kite making and flying
- Sports demonstrations
KINGS PARK
12.30pm, 1.30pm and 2.30pm King’s Park Noise Orchestra workshops
RECONCILIATION PLACE
- Gourmet food and wine marketplace, local food, wine and produce
ASPEN ISLAND
- 4pm-8pm: The National Folk Festival presents folk music featuring bands and musicians
PARKES SHARED ZONE BETWEEN NATIONAL JETTY AND HIGH COURT JETTY
- 9.30pm: The longest bubbly bars in the world
- Roving entertainment, venues arond the lake from noon to 11pm, featuring Brass Knuckles Brass Band; Madame Lark; Mikelangelo and the Tin Star; VulgarGrad; Born in a Taxi and much more
FIREWORKS
- 8.45pm: Griffin-inspired fireworks finale (can be seen on all big screens)
GETTING AROUND
- Parking is limited. Organisers recommend catching free Action bus service from town centres to four sites around Lake Burley Griffin
- MV Southern Cross will be operating as a free ferry service between Regatta Point and Commonwealth Place
- See www.oneverybigday.com.au for timings
WHAT’S ON ELSEWHERE
- The Famous Spiegel Garden: Senate Rose Gardens, 9pm-late
- The Sri Chinmoy Canberra Day 10km & 4km Fun-Run: Acton Ferry Terminal, 8am
- Sportenary – Come and Try Basketball: Belconnen Basketball and Sports Centre, 10am-noon
- Parties at the (Isabella Plains) Shops: Ellerston Avenue, Isabella Plains, 11am-2pm
- Kambah Centenary Family Festival: Kambah Adventure Playground, 11am-3pm
- What is Shaping the Future of Australian Sport?: CSIRO Discovery Centre, Acton, 11am-12.30pm
- National Sheep Dog Trial Championships: Hall ACT Showground, various times
- The Musical Offering: Lyn Fuller & Kerryn Milligan, National Carillon, Aspen Island, 12.30pm-1.20pm
- The Musical Offering: Graham Ranft (shakuhachi), Memorial for the Third Anniversary of the Tohoku Earthquake, Nara Peace Park, Lennox Gardens, 4.20pm
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