Here's what's on this week in Moonee Valley

Enjoy a one-hour ferry boat cruise in a traditional style ferry boat and learn about the history and present of the Maribyrnong river.

Tickets are free and local residents impacted by the 2022 Maribyrnong river floods, their families and friends will be prioritised.

Available dates and times:
Friday 31 October 4pm-5pm
Friday 31 October 6pm-7pm
Saturday 15 November 4pm-5pm
Saturday 15 November 6pm-7pm

Enjoy a one-hour ferry boat cruise in a traditional style ferry boat and learn about the history and present of the Maribyrnong river.

Tickets are free and local residents impacted by the 2022 Maribyrnong river floods, their families and friends will be prioritised.

Available dates and times:
Friday 31 October 4pm-5pm
Friday 31 October 6pm-7pm
Saturday 15 November 4pm-5pm
Saturday 15 November 6pm-7pm

Are you a small business owner in Moonee Valley? Whether you own your premises or not, there are easy and quick actions you can take to reduce your energy bills.

Business energy expert Danielle King from Green Moves will take you through some tried and true ways you can reduce your energy costs and maximise your appliance efficiency.

Danielle King is the Director of Green Moves, expert sustainability consultants providing practical solutions to businesses, householders, and government bodies across Australia. She is a highly qualified and experienced carbon accountant, energy efficiency and sustainability consultant working across a wide variety of businesses. Danie brings a wealth of independent and non-biased knowledge for businesses looking to reduce energy costs.

This webinar is brought to you in partnership with Moonee Valley City Council’s Let’s Go Zero program.

Tickets are free but bookings essential. A webinar link will be emailed to all attendees two days before the event.

Have fun and learn road safety at our Kinder Bike Sessions.

The Kinder Bike Sessions are designed to ensure your young ones will learn basic road rules and road safety in a fun environment at the Essendon Traffic School.

• Kinder-aged children are welcome to this free session. A small snack of fruit will be provided. Please indicate in the booking if your family has any dietary requirements.
• At the end of the session children will receive bicycle safety items for future rides to take home.
• Bicycles and helmets are available at Essendon Traffic School, but you are also welcome to bring your own.

If your family is starting Primary School next year, now is a great time to become familiar with how to be safe riding a bicycle to and from school.

Have you organised or celebrated Lunar New Year, big or small? Do you live, work or play in Moonee Valley?

We’re inviting you to join our Advisory Group Meeting to help shape next year’s celebration.

Are you an early childhood educator, teacher or librarian?  

Help us support the revival of Woi-wurrung language and Care for Country together. Join us for a Woi-worrung language workshop on Thursday, 20 November at Sam Merrifield Library.  

This professional development session will help educators and librarians build capacity to integrate language and stories into lessons and education spaces.  

The session will be facilitated by Djirri Djirri, the only Wurundjeri female dance group, and are Traditional Custodians of Narrm (Melbourne) and surrounds. Djirri Djirri means Willy Wagtail in Woiwurrung, our Mother Tongue. The Willy Wagtail is the Spirit’s Messenger and gave us dance! 

This workshop covers the basics of how Woiwurrung language is formed and pronounced. It will include interactive activities as well as general information about revival of languages around Victoria. 

Join us in person or online. To see the agenda and to watch the meeting LIVE visit:
https://mvcc.vic.gov.au/my-council/council-meetings/

Registration is optional – RSVP to receive event updates.

Come along to this luncheon event to learn about everyone’s rights in aged care, how to recognise and report abuse of older people, victim support services, cyber safety and resilience.

Stay empowered and informed about free services and support for yourself and others. This event is open to all and will be useful to community members and aged care service providers. Lunch provided: register to secure your spot!

To recognise and celebrate Moonee Valley residents who are living with a disability, we’ll be holding an event at the Djerring Flemington Hub. This a great opportunity to discover ways to get involved and participate in local community.

We’ll be offering a range of fun, free and inclusive activities including:

• live performances by Eliza Hull and Leap into Dance
• hands-on writing workshop with Eliza Hull (registrations only)
• Circus Nexus workshops (registrations only)
• information stalls to support your access and participation and connect you with services across the Disability sector
• and more!

Registrations are not required, but please do so if you would like event reminders and updates.

Join us in celebrating International Day of People With a Disability and register to participate in a hands-on workshop with Circus Nexus. Learn how to spin a plate, juggle a hat, use devil sticks, and maybe even try out some acrobatics. Come dressed in comfortable clothing.

Please bring along your support worker or parent to participate for the workshop. If you do not have someone to support and would like to participate, please let us know your access requirements.

Join us in celebrating International Day of People With a Disability and register to participate in a hands-on workshop with Circus Nexus. Learn how to spin a plate, juggle a hat, use devil sticks, and maybe even try out some acrobatics. Come dressed in comfortable clothing.

Please bring along your support worker or parent to participate for the workshop. If you do not have someone to support and would like to participate, please let us know your access requirements.

Join us at our Pathways to Inclusion event, where the wonderful Eliza Hull will be holding a writing workshop!

Eliza Hull is an award winning writer, disability advocate and musician. Join Eliza Hull for an inspiring and inclusive creative writing workshop designed for everyone. Whether you’re a seasoned writer or have never written before, Eliza’s nurturing approach will help you unlock your creativity and find your unique voice. Dive into prompts and exercises that encourage self-expression and exploration in a supportive environment. Discover the joy of storytelling and leave with newfound confidence in your writing skills in this welcoming space. You will come away with three written pieces.

Eliza will also perform some of her songs live at the end of the workshop.

Eliza Hull, is the editor of ‘We’ve Got This – Stories by Disabled Parents’ and a contributor to ‘Growing Up Disabled in Australia’ and the ‘Teacher Teacher’ Anthology, she is also the writer of the children’s book ‘Come Over To My House’ and ‘The World We Can Build’ and a regular writer for the ABC. Her music has been used in TV and Film worlwide including ‘Saving Hope’ ‘Awkward’ ‘Teen Wolf’ ‘Playing Gracie Darling’ and ‘The Heights’ She is also the writer and producer of ABC Kids show ‘And Then Something Changed’

Registrations for this workshop are essential as spots are limited.