Sydney's most loved Italian street festival will celebrate 21 years in 2018.
Ferragosto is the City of Canada Bay's largest annual event, last year attracting a bumper crowd of close to 110,000 visitors to Five Dock - a suburb with strong Italian links.
This year, Ferragosto will be held on Sunday, 19 August on Great North Road, Five Dock from 10am to 4pm.
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Living solo, whether by choice or by chance, is not without its challenges. Cooking for one, juggling finances, keeping loneliness at bay, and dealing with the societal perception (conscious or not) that living alone is the runner-up prize.
Join The Art of Living Alone and Loving It author Jane Mathews as she shares insights and advice on how to be truly content living…
Jamelle Wells is an ABC television and radio presenter and the Senior Court Reporter for New South Wales.
Her memoir, The Court Reporter, spans a decade of covering some of Australia's most notorious and high profile cases.
Before Jamelle joined the ABC, she was a news presenter for commercial stations including 2GB and 2CH, a business reporter, magazine editor and…
Bay Connection
Explore your community and meet new people!
The City of Canada Bay offers a program of bus trips for people over 55 years of age who live in the local government area. The aim of the program is to improve social connection and cohesion among older people within the community and contribute to their overall health and…
Active Adults
If you are young at heart, active, mobile, over 55 years of age and live in the City of Canada Bay come and join the Active Adults group!
Council provides full day bus outings to exciting locations around the Sydney metropolitan area and beyond. Trips previously provided include Berry, Wollongong and the Central Coast. …
Discover the extraordinary life of Drummoyne born painter, Janet Venn-Brown and her artistic creations at Five Dock Library.
Now in her 90s, Janet is still painting today. After living, painting and exhibiting in Italy and many Middle Eastern countries, Janet finally returned to Sydney in 2008.
Come and meet the artist and her biographer, well-known Australian journalist …
Join Patrick Kennedy as he discusses both the historical and personal significance of Long Bay Gaol.
For more than a century Long Bay Gaol has been home to Australia’s most notorious criminals.
Patrick Kennedy grew up next door to Long Bay Gaol and both his parents were nurses at the correctional facility.
He uses this personal connection to create a book that is a…
Discover the extraordinary life of Drummoyne born painter, Janet Venn-Brown and her artistic creations at Five Dock Library.
Now in her 90s, Janet is still painting today. After living, painting and exhibiting in Italy and many Middle Eastern countries, Janet finally returned to Sydney in 2008.
Exhibition Opening: Thursday, 14 June at 6-9.30pm.…
The Parramatta River Riverkeeper invites you to come along and learn more about how the Riverkeeper network will help achieve the goal of making the Parramatta River swimmable again by 2025.
The meeting will provide information on:
Bay Connection (Bus trips for over 55's)
Explore your community and meet new people!
The City of Canada Bay offers a program of bus trips for people over 55 years of age who live in the local government area. The aim of the program is to improve social connection and cohesion among older people within the community and…