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A summary of all the events happening in August 2023
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Help solve a puzzle.
Come and share your current project with our Gympie Library Craft Group. Bring along a piece you’re working on - be it knitting, sewing, crochet or cross stitch - and share ideas with others.
Come along and make some friends, have fun and test your knowledge with trivia questions.
Join us for a First 5 Forever Story Time session
Join us for a Tinker Table each Monday afternoon at the Gympie Library Makerspace from 3.30 – 4.30pm
Join us for a First 5 Forever Baby Bounce session at Gympie Library
Join us for a First 5 Forever Story Time session at Gympie Library
Join us for a First 5 Forever Rhyme Time session at Gympie Library
Come down and get hands-on in one of our fun, relaxed sessions. No bookings required but space is limited.
Join others to discuss books and have a chat.
Have a recipe you want to share? Need some new ideas on what to cook?
We make all sorts of greeting cards, so come and join us for a fun morning
Join us for a Tinker Table each Friday afternoon at the Kilkivan Library from 3.30 – 4.30pm.
Here’s your chance to join other writers in practicing and honing your literary skills – every third Friday of the month at Gympie Library.
Calling all artists! Join us at Tin Can Bay Library to share work and ideas, seek advice from other talented eyes and connect with artists in our community.
Join us at the Goomeri Library for Mahjong Mornings
Join us at Tin Can Bay Library for a wonderful afternoon playing Mahjong.
Join us to improve your digital skills and online confidence and safety.
Grab your friends and family and come along to a fun night out as we look for the Trivia Master.
Find out how you can record an oral history using the library's makerspace recording equipment with tips on engaging questioning, consent and copyright surrounding oral history interviews.
Join us for a fantastic session with the team from IDCARE as they talk to us about how we can protect ourselves from cybercrime, scams and identity theft.
Join us at Rainbow Beach Library for a fantastic morning of fun and creativity. Each session covers something different, with the aim of exploring different avenues of art.
Start Science Week with a Brain Break Quiz on all thing’s science and technology, while chatting over a cup of tea.
Come along for some hands-on experimenting with circuits, magnets, gadgets and more.
Celebrating science with hands on fun experiments through play at First Five Forever Storytime.
Come along for a fun and interactive session as we take a look at some of our favourite robots and how to make them work.
Learn the basics of drone flight and go head-to-head with other aspiring pilots in our drone delivery obstacle course of doom!
Bring friends and family along for a night of games and activities exploring science, technology, reading and art. Ideal for family and friends of all ages.
Come and see the amazing way mixing certain ingredients will create your own colourful slime.
Come along to Tin Can Bay Library and join in the fun as we share our favourite travel experiences and locations.
Come along and share some of this year’s Children’s Book Council of Australia’s shortlisted authors and their stories.
Come along to this fun session and create a mask of your favourite book character!
Join us for a special F5F Story Time celebrating Children’s Book Week, including a dress-up parade.
Join us as we roll, loop, curl, and twist paper to create shapes that make up designs to decorate some greetings cards.
Sophie Green is internationally published and The Shelley Bay Ladies Swimming Circle, Thursdays at Orange Blossom House and The Bellbird River Country Choir were also Top Ten bestsellers.
Join best-selling author Ben Hobson in conversation with Together We Read author Kirsty Manning to discuss her novel ‘The Paris Mystery’.
Landholders and community members are invited to learn about feral pig management including the best techniques to monitor, evaluate and eradicate feral pigs from properties.
Join us for a fun and exciting virtual talk with staff at The British Library.
Annual exhibition celebrating the creativity of Gympie Region High School students.
Learn to keep native stingless bees for fun, honey, conservation and pollination.
The Glassery consists of five regional artists engaging with artisanal skills, traditional techniques and new technology to create contemporary sculpture, design objects and installations.
You’ll also learn about apps that help you access important services and apps to help you get around.