Ben O'Donoghue X Dovetails Restaurant Collaboration Dinner

Celebrity chef Ben O'Donoghue is coming to cook at Dovetails Restaurant on October 18. Ben is the owner of the award-winning Billykart West End and has built a successful career as celebrity chef on television, in print and with guest appearances.

Dovetails is honored to host an exclusive collaboration dinner, with Ben and Head Chef Shannon Ellison uniting to create a thoughtful, inspired modern Australian menu. The dinner will feature five courses, with a focus on local produce. Each chef has designed two courses in their signature style, with the final course a head-to-head dessert-off. Our onsite brewed 4 Hearts beers and wines from Dovetails' award-winning list will be paired with each course, highlighting, and enhancing the components of each dish.

Tickets are limited to this one-time special event, hosted exclusively by Dovetails Restaurant. 

Contact Torsten Werner on 0428 236 436  

Ipswich parking spaces to be taken over by art and music

From Friday September 16 – Sunday September 18 six car parks along Brisbane St will be transformed into mini-parks for art, greening and play or, put simply, re-imagining a parking space as a people place.   Installations include musicians, additional temporary greening elements and outdoor seating as part of this 3-day international Park(ing) event.   The 3-day trial will allow for additional engagement with community members and businesses to understand what they want to see on the street whether it be more trees, more outdoor seating or is it more programmed activity.

Contact ICC Media on 0448 457 258

The Workshops Rail Museum turns 20

The Workshops Rail Museum has its 20th birthday on August 29 and a day of fun on September 3 to celebrate.  The museum has been important in offering people a look at rail history and evolution throughout the years and is an important site in being the place where the first trains to run in Queensland were built.   Not only does the museum have a great interactive collection and the Sciencentre it also hosts touring exhibitions and school holiday programs including the World Science Festival.

The World Science Festival is being held at the museum on Saturday September 10, with family friendly activities and the chance to launch a rocket, pilot a drone and watch science shows.  The museum is also free entry on this day.

During the Spring school holidays the museum will host wildlife shows (September 17 – October 2), a wildlife photographic exhibition and show movies about animals in the theatrette.  There will even be an augmented reality dino discovery trail for you to see prehistoric animals!

Contact Sian West 3432 5105

Jacaranda Gin on its way

Imbibis Craft Distillery has created a special batch of Jacaranda Gin that turns purple when you add tonic water to it. The gin uses local Jacaranda flowers, lavender, chamomile and local honey.  It is coloured with butterfly pea flower which reacts to tonic. Just in time for the annual purple explosion around Ipswich this gin is sure to inspire some beautiful cocktails later in the year. 

Imbibis are also launching Sunday sessions which will be held on the fourth Sunday of the month in September, October and November with have live music, cocktails and tastings, as well as a pop-up stall selling Baked by Brooke delights.

Contact Jason Hannay 0411 709 950 

School holidays

The Spring school holidays are brimming with activities to keep the kids entertained, read what's on in the link below. 

https://www.discoveripswich.com.au/school-holidays/

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What's on in September

This September is full of events from the heritage festival Galvanized through to CMC Rocks and much more.  Read what's on below.  Content is free to use.

https://www.discoveripswich.com.au/whats-on-this-month-in-ipswich/

CMC rocks themed events

To celebrate hosting the nation's largest international country music festival, Ipswich businesses are getting into the spirit hosting country music events of their own and with offers for festival goers.

Read what's happening here: https://www.discoveripswich.com.au/get-your-boots-and-hats-ready-for-these-country-events/

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Best of Queensland

This year 41 Ipswich Tourism Operators Network members achieved Best of Queensland status.  The number is ever growing.

Read more here: https://www.ipswichfirst.com.au/ipswich-tourism-industry-gains-momentum/

Contact ICC Media on 0448 457 258

Canoeing and planting for World Rivers Day

You can join Ipswich City Council this World Rivers Day to plant native species and restore and revive waterways.  There will be a litter clean up and you can try canoeing on the river.  The free event is being held on September 25 from 9am-11am.  People can book here: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/world-rivers-day-habitat-planting-tickets-386631624597?aff=ebdsoporgprofile

Contact ICC Media on 0448 457 258

Ipswich City Council enviro ed options

These school holidays the kids have the chance to explore the natural environment with free council forest school sessions.  These popular environmental education initiatives are popular and teach kids and their parents about the environment.  There will be nature crafts, including seed pod painting, tinkering with tools, painting with charcoal and ochre and building cubbies.

Sessions can be booked here: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/o/ipswich-city-council-environment-events-13442377545

Contact ICC Media on 0448 457 258

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