This unusual adventure company educates while it encourages participants to learn about national heors, criminals and landmarks.  The activities include elements like scavenger hunts, trivia nights. solve-a-murder nights, social car rallies, themes related to television survivor programs.  Yet, the beauty of it is that aspects of many of these recognizable things are combined into an experience that is exclusive to White Hat.

If you're really creative, you can also transform what can become city-wide quests into Indiana Jones-like choose-your-own adventures.  Of course, there's no real danger involved.  Each person is simply invited to engage his or her imagination to the fullest.   The point is to stimulate problem-solving skills and encourage participants to learn things about Melbourne and Australia more generally, in ways they may not have thought about before.  

You have a certain degree of freedom to choose the focus of your group quest. For example, will it be serious and business-oriented or perhaps historic city orientation? Would you choose to focus on cultural mysteries surrounding venues like the Melbourne Cemetery or learn more about specific individuals who have helped change the local landscape and heritage? Active participation and suggestions for future team-building exercises are encouraged.

For more information, http://www.whitehat.com.au/Default.html

Why bother visiting this cemetery? You can be by yourself and benefit from the silence.  You can absorb the mystery at different times of day. There's more to be found than typical dates of birth and death on the tombstones.  How often do you examine the epitaphs? Whetehr or not poetry is your thing, the words and designs of images and photos unveil some very intriguing local lives. 

As well as publicized tours, you can request tours on topics of your choice, for groups of at least five. You help choose the where and when the tours would take place. Special occasions and holidays are sometimes options.  Many groups have taken advantage of opportunity to create their own tours.  Smaller groups can also be catered as well.  Parking is available within the cemetery, though buses and trams also enable you to reach the cemetary by public transit.  Taxis are another option. If you desire to get somewhere, you'll find a way to get there.  In fact, some people have been known to climb over the gate (even when this isn't recommended).

I liked the idea of picking up  a map and setting off to visit graves of Melbourne's oldest cemetery in order to learn about journalists, artists and stage performers, which reflect on the artistic and creative life in Australia.  Among other tombstones, you can also learn about politicians, a women's rights activist, a cross dresser, famous jockeys, and a gold rush risk-takers, women's rights activists,  cross dressers, a famous jockey, and well-known miners.  Check out areas which organize plots according to specific cultural groups and religious backgrounds.  The fascinating people paint a picture of the local landscape. What do you wish to know? Find it all out.

Although I haven't seen anyone having a picnic in the cemetery, I've witnessed people reading poetry or books aloud, and other people tending gardens and shrubberry around particular tombstones.  Icons and statues and photos are also left at these sites. One miraculous area if the rosegarden where plaques of deceased persons are commemorated with the planting of a rosebush.  You can even find a statue and tribute to American singer Elvis Presley. Whatever your idea of a cemetery, this place offers ne layouts and perspectives to show you a different side to Melbourne. If you get tired of walking, sit on a bench and gaze around at the tranquility.

The Angel Awareness Program is a fantastic way to explore spiritual awakening and healing transformation.  The course is designed to increase your awareness of and applications of psychic abilities.  Learn strategies to heighten your sensibilities and communicate more effectively with your guardian angels and the archangels. Practical exercises and instructional meditations will enable you to open your heart, mind and soul.

In case you didn't know, we all have natural gifts and psychic abilities.  To attend is to gain insight intow what it means to become an Angel Awareness Practitioner.  Is this route for you?  Awaken your divine potential as a Light Worker.  This is a person who heals themselves and others through their intuition and taking steps to strengthen connections to the angelic realm. You need no polyvision or open third eye to benefit.

New techniques are being introduced all the time.  In November, Louise will study the latest international Light Worker techniques with Doreen Virtue in Queensland and bring back some of her new wisdom to share with seminar participants. Take advantage of this timely opportunity to explore your connections with paranormal.  Your favourite topics will be the focus to ensure that we get up to date on the latest approaches and themes discussed about guidance with spirit realms.

Notably, a group of Light Workers will graduate after this course. These individuals will have attended the last two workshops, or previous Sunbury workshops, and will receive an exclusive certification pin and graduate as Angel Awareness Practitioners.  More than 100 will then have graduated though these courses in 2007.  This reflects an increasing trend of spiritual awareness and value associated with New Age healing.

Whether you have preliminary interest or consider yourself to be more advanced in angel guidance and healing activities, you're invited to bring your friends and fellow Light Workers to participate in workshops.  Discover how you can make new kinds of contributions to serve and enrich the lives of others.  Help raise the vibration of this planet.

For more information about the Nov 25, 2007 workshop at the Melbourne Convention Centre (10am-16h45)and similar events, consult http://www.heavenlyangels.com.au

Notably, this Festival is the result of many collaborations.  The event is a showcase of appealing workshops, masterclasses to guided by some of the international creative artists and companies which are appearing in the Festival program. The events are copresented by Malthouse Theatre, Chunky Move and, you guessed it, National Institute for Circus Arts. Please note, some events are designed for professionals only and are not open to the public. Limited places are available.

For the general public, this is an opportunity to learn about theatre groups and also to take advantage of opportunities to catch some fabulous productions. have you ever desired to speak with actors after the show? This particualr festival offers you the chance to talk with people who have chosen and pursued a variety of theatre and art careers. Students and anyone else contemplating a change in career direction may wish to find out more about particular areas of theatre, music and other creative arts.

As part of this festival, the Footscray Community Arts Centre is seeking emerging and professional rappers to take part in a free masterclass presented by Footscray Arts and Melbourne International Arts Festival. Fifteen lucky musicians have the chance to work with Congolese rapper, hip hop artist, producer and performer Pitcho Womba Konga (Sizwe Banzi is Dead) as part of the Footscray Arts International Artists Residency. So, if you're even thinking this may be 'up your alley,' then go, take part or participate in some capacity.

Check out the theatre program and additional festival details on this website:  http://www.melbournefestival.com.au/2007_program

This event brings together diverse practitioners and offers intriguing door prizes.  Come by to take advantage of a Free Presentation program with a workshop every half hour. Scheduled performances and presentations include a Tai Chi demo, Belly dancing and Chinese dance.  Meet some of Australia's leading clairvoyants, talented Spirit Guide Artists, a range of alternative healing methods such as reiki, shiatsu, NLP, EFT, Kinesiology, iridology and insight into spiritual groups.

It doesn't stop there! Like to shop? This is an opportunity to see, touch and experience New Age product stalls with crystals, pyramids, aromatherapy, rare metaphysical books, an organic Food Kiosk, and more. You never know who you may meet or how a reading may shed light on some situation or relationship.  Come out and experience something different in the unexpected.  The atmosphere will uplift your spirit and offer to raise awareness about skills and techniques that may be just what you were looking for at this point in your life.

The October 2007 Lifestyle Festival

SUNDAY 11^th NOVEMBER 2007
10am - 5pm
CRANBOURNE Public Hall
Cnr. Clarendon St and South Gippsland Highway, CRANBOURNE

For more information, consult: http://www.universalinsights.com.au

Well, you have multiple bus tour options.  Yet, if you seek something truly exclusive, why not rent a private rolls royce with a connoisseur?  A driving guide will take you though wonderous vineyards. Meet winemakers themselves who will share some of their guarded secrets.  Sound like it appeals? Have a relatively deep pocket? Look no further.  This could be your next experience of a lifetime!

Spend precious personal time with highly-rated, award-winning winemakers.  You'll be given private, behind-the-scenes tours.  Be treated like family.  Avoid the boisterous crowds.   This could well be one of the most enjoyable memories you will ever have.  Its your job to celebrate each day.  Will this be part of your future?

Meeting point and supplier's details are provided just after booking.  Book at least 1 week ahead.   Look forward to a pampered experience from 9h30-3h30 on your chosen day from wherever in the Melbourne area you designate to be picked up.

Cost: Aus $750.00 for two

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For example, you may be unaware of periodic cooking classes offered right in the market itself.  Such experiences available to anyone ready, willing and who may have a taste for the exotic.  The menus vary according to scheduled chefs and the nature of cuisine.  Ask about ingredients if you have any serious allergies.  Gift vouchers are available and make great surprises. Consider if any of the following may strike your fancy:

Sunday 9 September 2007, 12.30pm - $80.00  High Tea and Dessert Cakes
Chef Chris Chee

 Monday 10 September 2007 from 6.30pm - $85.00  Dishes from a French Brasserie
Chef Philippe Mouchel

Saturday 15 September 2007, 12.30pm - $85.00  A Complete Thai Dinner - Vegetarian
Chef Ratiphan Bunthanorm

 25 & 27 Sep, 2 & 4 Oct 2007 from 11.00am - Kids $40, Teens $45  School Holiday Cooking Classes

For more information and additional cooking classes, consult the following website:
http://www.qvm.com.au/cooking_school.php

If you haven't yet seen all these movies, you can always rent them.  In the meantime, you may wish to take advantage of the Pixar Animal Exhibition.  It's visiting Melbourne until Sunday, October 14, 2007.  The hours vary, depending on the day of the week you may wish to go.   Regardless, this event is for the young and young-at-heart.

The presentation is on loan from the famous Museum of Modern Art in New York, USA.  This traveling exhibit makes its only Australian appearance in the state of Victoria.  Over 500 original works of art, including sketches, paintings and sculptures, are on display at Melbourne's Australian Centre for the Moving Images (ACMI).  Don't miss it!

Full $15  Concession $10
Book your exhibition tickets online
Family tickets available from $44 (2 adults, 2 children). 
Phone 03 8663 2583

Law of Attraction is a two-day workshop that will remind you of tools you have inside to excel.   The cost is $260 and includes seminars, light lunches and mid-afternoon tea both days.   Take advantage of this two-day opportunity  (October 13, 14)  to learn more about the Laws of Attraction and how you can use them to harness and direct energy for benefits in your own life.   The event will take place at the Melbourne Convention Centre in the CBD.  The venue is central and accessible via public transport.

You may have already heard about the law of attraction in books like Rhonda Byrne's The Secret.  Yet, any book would only scratch the surface of these concepts.  Practitioners discussed in that book share some of their views.  These people reveal how they applied the concepts on a practical level and how their lives have evolved most favorably.  

Louise Parkinson will run the Melbourne workshops, sharing her experience in practical terms.  As a metaphysics teacher, she will explain how these omnipresent laws govern this universe.  You can learn how to better make them work to your advantage.  The formula of abundant living is actually based on the principals of quantum physics.  You can learn to tap in to these powerful forces to realize dreams  inyour own ways.

What you learn by the end of this course will enable you to understand how your thinking and choices affect your health, relationships, and stress.  Your perception helps you decipher physical symptoms underneath your attitude and mindset. You will grasp connections among events unfolding in your life as well as in the lives of people you interact with, and why they seem to appear.

For more information, contact:  
Heavenly Angels, 70 O'Shanassy Street, SUNBURY Victoria (Australia)

Ph (03) 9740-5099; Fax (03) 9740-5088

info@heavenlyangels.com.au

This course has been created with Angelic love and guidance by Louise Parkinson, a well-known psychic, metaphysical lecturer and teacher.   The popularity of the event and learning opportunities has led this to be the fifth year such public training is offered.  Her experience leands credibility to it.  

In essence, it is a non-denominational overview of who the angels are and how they can assist us in our daily lives.  Each participant learns more about opportunities to connect and work with Higher Forces. People are encouraged to communicate with guardian angels and archangels and taught different techniques through which this can be done.  Each person is different however and no every technique would would for everyone.  You have the chance to recognize which methods would work best for you.  

No matter where you are on your spiritual path, this course will deepen your understanding, enhance your psychic abilities and help you to connect.  People draw from the teachings and meditations to learn about themselves and to feel empowered to teach other people to learn about the benefits of the inner process.

http://www.heavenlyangels.com.au