A one-off workshop exploring the use of mixed-media in painting, driven by Gidley's passion for vibrancy and colour in art. Suitable for painters of all ages and abilities.
Presented by the Doncaster Templestowe Artists Society.
Supported by Manningham Council's Community Grants Program.
Come on down to the Doncaster Playhouse over the September/October school holidays for Playhouse Pantomimes’ original musical adaptation of Jack and the Beanstalk.
There will be songs, audience participation and lots of laughs for the whole family.
Presented by Playhouse Pantomimes.
For their 2022 Gala Event, Manningham Concert Band is presenting the multimedia extravaganza Last Night of the Proms!
Join them for a night of multiple and exciting guest performers and soloists.
Featuring music from the UK and her colonies, including all the sing-along British classics.
Koonung Park provides an important function in Manningham’s open space network as a sporting and recreation facility. The Reserve contains a sportsground, community tennis courts, exercise equipment, playground (2-8 years), toilets, treed open space and a hall for hire (Koonarra Hall).
Koonung Park adds to the ‘green’ buffer between the Eastern Freeway and residential area and the Red River Gums in the south-west corner are an important element. The Reserve is accessible from the adjacent Koonung Creek Linear Park, nearby bus stops, early childhood learning centre and the local street network.
This playground offers play opportunities for all ages, in a lovely park setting under some large gum trees. Bring a footy along as well to test your skills on the handball game. The playground is very close to the Koonung Creek Linear Trail, offering a great excuse to extend your park visit with a walk or bike ride.
Suitable age group: 2-10 years
Exercising at your local park is a great way to improve health and wellbeing. Koonung Park is one of three reserves in Manningham to have exercise equipment installed as part of a grant from the State Government's 2015 Community Facility Funding Program. The exercise and stretching equipment suitable for adults includes a sit up bench, power bike, cross trainer, free runner, push up bars and a body flexor.
There is 1 community basketball/soccer court and 2 community tennis courts that are free for public recreational use.
Court hire is free during the day. Fees apply for floodlight use in the evening ($10 an hour). Book a court using our online booking system, which automatically unlocks the gates and turns the lights on.
There are various bus routes along nearby Thompsons Road, Bulleen. These include bus routes; 200, 905, 305, 203, 205, 280.
Koonung Park offers football ground and cricket pitch hire.
Contact us for bookings and fees.
Have you noticed something unsafe like a broken tree branch or damaged playground that needs our attention?
Some types of events, such as festivals or school's cross country runs need a special permission to be held on public land.
Join Melbourne Water Platypus Education Officer, Madeline Taylor, and Manningham Waterwatch Coordinator, Nigel Philpot, for an early morning walk along the Birrarung (Yarra River) to spot platypuses and to celebrate Threatened Species Day.
Along the walk, you'll learn about these unique and vulnerable creatures while in their habitat.
The walk is an easy 2km stroll that's suitable for all ages, including young children. Participants will cross a foot suspension bridge over the Yarra and finish at the Wombat Bend play spaces, making it a fun morning for families.
Details
Children must be supervised by a parent or guardian at all times.
In the event of extreme weather, this event will be cancelled.
2025 Spring Outdoors Festival
This event is part of Manningham's 2025 Spring Outdoors Festival.
The Spring Outdoors Festival is an opportunity to connect with nature through a broad program of environmental events. Banyule, Manningham and Nillumbik Councils are proud to collaborate again to offer our communities exciting experiences in nature.
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This event is part of the 2025 Birrarung Riverfest. Celebrate our river at one of 60+ events hosted over three weeks from 6 to 28 September.
Whether you enjoy riverside walks, cleanups, creative workshops or paddling adventures, there's something for everyone at Riverfest.
Riverfest is presented by the Yarra Riverkeeper Association and our partners Burndap Birrarung burndap umarkoo collaboration and Melbourne Water.
Join Melbourne Water Platypus Education Officer Madeline Taylor and Manningham Waterwatch Coordinator Nigel Philpot for an early morning walk along the Birrarung (Yarra River) at Finns Reserve, a platypus sighting hotspot, to celebrate Threatened Species Day. Learn about these unique and vulnerable creatures in their natural habitat.
It takes a village to raise a child, and the role of a grandparent is more important than ever.
Join our free seminar on grandparenting with special guest speaker, Dr Michael Carr-Gregg at the Manningham Function Centre on Wednesday 14 May 2025.
This seminar will provide practical advice and tips about grandparenting and there will be an opportunity to ask questions at the end. This event is suitable grandparents, parents and carers.
Free, but registrations essential.
Please note: the date published in the April edition of Manningham Matters was incorrect. The correct date for this event is Wednesday 14 May 2025. We apologise for any inconvenience.
Dr Michael Carr-Gregg
Dr Carr-Gregg is a distinguished Australian psychologist, author, and broadcaster, renowned for his expertise in adolescent and family psychology. He has authored 18 books on topics including parenting, mental health, and adolescent wellbeing, including Grandparents and the Grandparenting Code. His 19th book is currently in progress.
In 1985, Dr Carr-Gregg co-founded CanTeen, the world's first national support group for teenage cancer patients, alongside a group of young cancer patients. He has held significant roles in academia and research, including serving as an Associate Professor in the Department of Paediatrics at the University of Melbourne. In 2018, he led the enquiry for the NSW Government that led to the nationwide ban on mobile phones in state and territory schools.
Textile Temporalities is an exhibition that explores and reflects on the temporal nature of craft practices, human connectedness, and sites of intimacy.
Led by artist Shannon Slee, whose practice investigates the role of discarded clothing to connect with personal and social histories, our small gallery will be showcasing a range of recent works from the artist and a special participatory artwork made in collaboration with older people in Manningham.
Visitors to the gallery will also have the opportunity to get involved through a textile inspired activity.
Artist Biography
Shannon Slee is a visual artist living and working in Narrm. Her practice engages with the handmade to consider intimate moments of connection within the flexible aesthetic of textiles. She explores practices of reusing, sewing, spinning, and weaving, with a particular interest in how craft modalities distort time, invite tactile engagement, and evoke memory. Through her work, she investigates rhythms of making, and the narrative and emotions embedded in material processes.
In 2024 she was awarded a Masters of Contemporary Art from the University of Melbourne. She has recently exhibited at the Public Records Office, Melbourne; Five Walls Project Space, Melbourne; Linden Project Space, Melbourne; fortyfive downstairs, Melbourne; Australian Tapestry Workshop, Melbourne and George Paton Gallery at the University of Melbourne.
Image: Shannon Slee, Textile Assemblage for Carolyn (back), (detail), 2023, Preston op-shop dress, artists’ family sewing box scraps, blanket, thread. 170 x 200cm. Image by Simon Strong.
On Friday 8 September our community came together with Mayor Cr Deirdre Diamante to be a part of this glamorous night.
Partnering with MannaCare, the Mayoral Charity Gala has raised awareness and funds for initiatives to support those in our community touched by dementia.
Our partner MannaCare are still taking direct donations.
All proceeds will go to creating a dementia-focused initiative in Manningham.
Donate directly to our partner, MannaCare.
If you have any questions about donating directly, please contact our events team on 9840 9333 or at events@manningham.vic.gov.au
Are you a not-for-profit group or organisation doing great work for older people in our community?
You could be eligible for our Healthy Ageing Grant which will provide between $3,001 and $20,000 in funding. Applications open on Monday 3 June and close Friday 5 July 2024.
We encourage community organisation representatives to attend this information session which will cover:
grant overview
eligibility
key dates
how to apply
required information
assessment criteria
This event is suitable for community health services, leisure providers, learning organisations and neighbourhood houses.
Bookings are essential and limited to two people per organisation.
If you have questions or want to know more about our grants program, contact our Grants team on 9840 9333 or email grants@manningham.vic.gov.au.
Summer Celebration is coming to Templestowe Village every Saturday in February.
Bring your friends, family and party vibes.
We are showcasing our incredible local Manningham artists with our local businesses throughout Summer.
Talented local artists Jazz Notes will be outside Carlucci's creating soulful summer memories. Playing a mix of gentle and upbeat jazz with classical, pop and Latin twists, the Duo combines the delicate sounds of Ann Craig (flute) and Kevin Blazé (guitar) to suit wide-ranging tastes.
Ann and Kevin are both classically trained but, after independently undertaking short courses with Australian jazz legend, Bob Sedergreen, both found the liberation offered by jazz. Then, a chance meeting led to the collaboration that is now Jazz Notes.
Local artists. Local businesses. Live performances. All summer long across Manningham.
Summer Celebration is coming to D'Oro restaurant at Templestowe Village throughout February.
Bring your friends, family and party vibes.
We are showcasing our incredible local Manningham artists with our local businesses throughout Summer.
Talented local artists Jazz Notes will be creating soulful summer memories. Playing a mix of gentle and upbeat jazz with classical, pop and Latin twists, the Duo combines the delicate sounds of Ann Craig (flute) and Kevin Blazé (guitar) to suit wide-ranging tastes.
Ann and Kevin are both classically trained but, after independently undertaking short courses with Australian jazz legend, Bob Sedergreen, both found the liberation offered by jazz. Then, a chance meeting led to the collaboration that is now Jazz Notes.
Local artists. Local businesses. Live performances. All summer long across Manningham.
Join in the 5th anniversary gala event dedicated to promoting Cantonese culture, arts, and community spirit.
This promises to be a memorable occasion filled with joy, reflection, and artistic expression.
Light refreshments served.
Registration is required.
All day volleyball session for children aged 10 to 16 years.
Volleyball skills, games and activities.
No prior experience required.
Registrations are essential. Contact Manningham Stadiums on 8841 4555 to secure your spot or to find out more.
Manningham Uniting Church and partners present Building Bridges Through Story - Muslim Women.
This event will feature stories from Muslim Women and the issues they face today. There will be opportunity to share hospitality and faith understandings through discussion and the sharing of food.
Free afternoon tea will be provided.
Join us as we hear from Services Australia's Aged Care Specialist, who will cover various topics, such as:
There will be time for questions and answers following the session.
This is a free information session, but places are limited.
We identify and prioritise the routes and stops that commuters use most.
We consider community feedback, commuter demand and nearby services and facilities to identify locations where new shelters or upgrades are needed.
Works to build new shelters are prioritised by:
On average, we aim to build between three and five, new or upgraded shelters every year.
The timing for new shelter projects may be influenced by factors like big road projects or large developments in Manningham.
Progeny is a collection of dynamic works, spanning video, sculpture, painting, and digital media by Edwina Green. The works collectively highlight Green’s creative practice and research interests across recent years (2019-2023).
Progeny in its direct meaning is to be ‘the descendants of a person, animal or plant; offspring’ and pulls from the artists continued connectivity between ancestral lines, intergenerational discourse, and concurrence of being both ancestor and descendant.
Informed by her identity as a Trawlwoolway First Nations woman, motifs of weaving, hand harvested and sewn bags, kelp, spoken word, organic movements on canvas, images of home, and oysters communicate a delicate ancestral tribute, and the current dance in which Green is choreographing with her multidisciplinary, experimental practice.
Progeny interrogates introspection, historical association, vulnerability, and an ability to invest in the artist's practice with a sense of intentional curiosity and closeness.
Edwina Green, Oyster. Image by Jordan Halsall.
As part of Craft Contemporary 2023 we are presenting:
Are you Procrastinating? by Carol Yang.
Using waste produced by the fashion industry, Carol creates wearable and functional sculptures that highlights the procrastinator as the protagonist.
Carol’s work demonstrates the feelings and activities of procrastination visually in a humorous way, while exploring the emotional state of procrastination.
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Check out our other exhibit Soil Clay, by Vivian Qiu or explore the full Craft Contemporary program guide.
This exhibition is part of Craft Contemporary 2023, an annual festival delivered by Craft Victoria – the largest celebration of craft and design in Victoria. The festival brings together practitioners, educators, industry, and craft lovers to explore material practice as it is today. See, touch, experience and be inspired by 150+ art experiences, including exhibitions, talks, demonstrations, workshops and open studios.
Summer Celebration is coming to Warrandyte Bridge throughout February at SaHa Beans and Beats.
Bring your friends, family and party vibes.
We are showcasing our incredible local Manningham artists with our local businesses throughout Summer.
Talented local artists Jazz Notes will be outside Carlucci's creating soulful summer memories. Playing a mix of gentle and upbeat jazz with classical, pop and Latin twists, the Duo combines the delicate sounds of Ann Craig (flute) and Kevin Blazé (guitar) to suit wide-ranging tastes.
Ann and Kevin are both classically trained however after independently undertaking short courses with Australian jazz legend, Bob Sedergreen, both found the liberation offered by jazz. Then, a chance meeting led to the collaboration that is now Jazz Notes.
Local artists. Local businesses. Live performances. All summer long across Manningham.
A free and fun pop-up event for young people aged 12 to 17 in Manningham!
Get active, learn to skate with Skateboarding Victoria, use the free sports equipment, learn about Manningham Youth Services and grab some free refreshments.
Learn to skate session
Whether you're a beginner or want to polish your skills, this All Aboard Learn to Skate session will help you improve your skating technique.
Skate coaches will provide hands-on instruction, offering tips for mastering basic skills or learning advanced tricks. Boards and helmets will be available to use, but feel free to bring your own.
Sports equipment zone
Bring your friends and play with a variety of sports equipment.
Whether you're into badminton, basketball, soccer, racquet sports or want to try something new, there will be plenty of equipment to use.