Oct 11, 2016

Festa Italiana Festa Italiana is about all things Italy! The three day October event is a celebration of Merredin’s Italian community and recognition of their contribution to our town. Immerse yourself in the delicious food tastings of the Golden Sausage event, afternoon tea and a dinner show. Learn the art of Italian cooking with live demonstrations from Daniela and Stefania (My Kitchen Rules past contestants). Are you a sports fan? There will be soccer and bocce games to join in. You can make a family team! Maybe a round of cards is more your thing? You bet there will be some good games. Don’t forget your poker face! Not only is the weekend a celebration of the families living in Merredin today, but also of the past. The Destination Merredin team are working with our Italian community to showcase the history of our Italian families, with some records dating right back to 1899! These records will be on display for you to soak up the history and strength of the Italian family life. The weekend of the 14, 15 and 16th October will be jam packed full of exciting things to see and do. For more information contact Marilyn on 9041 3033  Elder’s Golden Sausage Do you make the best sausages? Elder’s are hosting their annual Golden Sausage event on Friday 14 October at the Tivoli Room (Cummins Theatre). You can send in your sausages to be in the running for the Golden or Silver Sausage awards, or you can come as a sausage taster. Either way, it is sure to be fun for a good cause! Elder’s are proudly supporting local charities and are donating money raised from this event to St John’s Ambulance and the Royal Flying Doctor’s Service. Daniela and Stefania – Cooking Demonstrations Daniela and Stefania, two lovable cousins, who were contestants on My Kitchen Rules in 2011 will be coming to Merredin for Festa Italiana. The ladies will be sharing their love of cooking in two demonstrations on Saturday 15 October at Merredin Recreation Centre. They will be cooking a savoury dish in the morning demonstration, and showing us their signature sweets in the afternoon. Tickets to these demonstrations...

Aug 15, 2016

Lady Godiva Auditions A Real Good Time at The Rep Club Have you ever thought, I’d like to do that someday! New to town and want to meet some people? Well now is the time! It’s audition time at The Merredin Repertory Club. They look for Cast, chorus and crew members of all types and the only experience needed is an ability to have fun and to be a part of an awesome team. This play is called Lady Godiva and will be full of laughs, tears, hard work and at the end of the day, something everyone will be proud of. So, 7pm on the evening of Tuesday and Thursday 23rd and 25th August pop down to the Tivoli room at the theatre and check them out.   The Merredin Repertory Club  ...

Mar 20, 2016

A Big Weekend The Twilight Food Festival It’s been a really big weekend in town! The Twilight food festival was a big hit this year with loads of hungry people queuing up to taste all the scrumptious delicacies from around the world. I couldn’t even pick a favourite, they were all awesome. Merredin Community Show 2016 That was Friday night and then early on Saturday morning the Merredin Show float parade treated us to a spectacular peek of what was ahead at the showgrounds. ‘The Men’s Shed’ lead the parade, hot cars, and dressed floats accompanied them, Belly dancers, Army Cadets, stiltwalkers and lots more. I even saw Lora from Tyre Right throwing bags of lollies.  This year was another very good Community Show with crafts on display that made me feel proud to live here, an awesome selection of stalls and lots of yummy food. Did you enjoy the show?...

Dec 23, 2015

Christmas in Merredin 2015 The last three weeks have been a big lead up to Christmas in Merredin and has kept us very busy. The Christmas Crafters opened up the seasons shopping for us with a stunning array of extremely high quality hand crafted gifts. The Carols by candlelight had a great turn out, schools had their concerts and business had their Christmas parties. Then of course, the number one favourite…Gala Night. Oh What A Night! I’m so pleased they brought Gala night back. Children of Merredin found a new friend called Rudy. He is never in one spot for very long and it was fun trying to find his hiding place each day and steal a photo for Facebook. Magical words on the visitor centre lawn, White Christmas trees at the entrance to town, Tyre Christmas trees and even snowflakes and snowmen. Well it’s Christmas Eve in Merredin 2015 and Merredin Today would like to wish everyone a happy and safe Merry Christmas and a prosperous New Year.  ...

Nov 30, 2015

Who is Rudy the Elf? I keep seeing little pics and and things about this guy and I have found a Facebook page now. On the Facebook page it mentions a website too. So, Who is Rudy the Elf? This is the only information I can find...