Father’s Day deals and events
How to celebrate Father’s Day in Ipswich…
- Hardcore Blasters are offering $10 off for Father’s Day bookings with code COOLDAD
- Discounted picnics at The Soul Nook Collective on Father’s Day weekend
- Special lunch menu at the Marburg Hotel on Father’s Day including rib filet, rib on the bone
- Grain-fed porterhouse with half a lobster, chips, salad and garlic crème and a schooner of tap beer at Brothers Leagues Club (entertainment at lunch and dinner and lucky door prizes) $40 for members.
- Free churros with purchase of an adult main meal at Montezumas.
- Book dad into see 12 Angry Jurors at the Ipswich Little Theatre and get 25% off dinner at The Sourdough Crust Co. 12 Angry Jurors is on stage September 9-23.
- Book for Groovin in the grove on Saturday September 2 at Watercress Creek Olives and Limes from 3pm-7pm or a picnic in the groove on Sunday September 3.
- Father’s Day Cruising at Queensland Raceway, enjoy two 30 minute cruise sessions and pit garage with a VIP ticket. Or book the buffet luncheon tickets $129 for two and includes spectator entry to the cruising day.
- High tea or tea tasting on Father’s Day weekend with Tranquil Tea.
- Buffet Breakfast at the Mihi Tavern on Father’s Day.
- Free drink for dads at The Barn Family Restaurant on Father’s Day.
- Buffet Brekkie at CSI and take home a free gift for dad. Lunch and dinner specials include almond-fed pork tomahawk (pork loin on the bone), smokey BBQ pork ribs, OP rib on the bone and BBQ brisket burger.
- Father’s Day Tour and Meal Deal at Summer Land Camels. Breakfast or lunch packaged with a farm tour and taste $35 for breakfast or $40 for lunch.
Contact Carly Morrissey 3810 7712
Galvanized
Galvanized is Ipswich’s festival of heritage, showcasing the best heritage experiences and events Ipswich has to offer across 11 days from 31 August – 10 September.
Be transported back in time by visiting iconic venues and historic sites and participating in open days, tours, demonstrations and workshops.
Key festival highlights include:
- Heritage bus tours in Ipswich and Marburg
- A walking tour of heritage pubs in Ipswich Central
- Ipswich and Goodna Cemetery tours
- An open day at Woodlands of Marburg and history tours of the mansion
- Hiking tours at Denmark Hill and in the White Rock – Spring Mountain Conservation Estates
- Lost arts workshops, including blacksmithing at The Workshops Rail Museum and Cooneana Heritage Centre
- Prohibition Party at The Workshops Rail Museum
- Bikes, Beards and BBQs at Tulmur Place
- Baker’s Ball progressive dinner in Marburg
- 4 Hearts Brewing Heritage Series beer – produced as a nod to the city’s history
- Culture on Country – Celebrate First Nations culture with workshops, food, story, performance and arts at Harding’s Paddock in Purga.
More information about the festival and what’s on can be found here: https://www.ipswichfestivals.com.au/about-galvanized/
Contact media@ipswich.qld.gov.au
99 Bottles of rum on the wall…
Imbibis Craft Distillery has 99 bottles of Heritage City Rum, the first rum distilled in Ipswich since 1905, to sell during Galvanized. While Bundaberg might be the most famous location to distil rum in Queensland, Ipswich was pumping out the spirits a few years before the now-famous Bundy distillery was in action. Thomas Lorimer Smith built a steam-operated sugar mill in Marburg in 1882. He built a rum distillery capable of producing 800 gallons a day at the Woodlands of Marbrug estate, but was forced to close it when effluent polluted Black Snake Creek. After a depression in the mid-1890s followed by one of the worst droughts on record the Woodlands estate was auctioned in 1905. The mansion and about 400 acres were retained by the Smiths, and the mill was sold to the Gibson family.
Imbibis are also distilling a new coffee flavoured liquor and have a tonic masterclass on August 27 where you can learn the secrets to making the perfect G&T.
And during Galvanized you can book into a Distillery Tour and Tasting and learn about Ipswich’s rum history. Tours will run Friday September 1 and Monday September 4 – Friday September 8 at 2pm.
Contact Jason Hannay 0411709950
Reception this Way: Motels – A sentimental journey with Tim Ross
Media are invited to the opening of the The Workshops Rail Museum’s newest exhibit Reception this Way: Motels – A sentimental journey with Tim Ross on Thursday August 24.
Morning tea will be provided. Interview opportunities include Jim Thompson CEO Queensland Museum Network, Jennifer Garcia The Workshops Rail Museum Head, Catriona Donnely National Archives of Australia Curator.
About the exhibition: In a land where the car has provided us with the ultimate freedom to hit the road and explore, it is no surprise that Australians wholeheartedly embraced the American concept of the motel. When motels began springing up in the 1950s, they represented a new, stylish and sophisticated way to travel. Now, you can take a nostalgic trip back in time, and travel around Australia revisiting your memories of the classic Aussie motel, from family holidays and long road trips in the sweltering summer heat, to continental breakfasts and mid-century mod cons…
Developed by National Archives of Australia in collaboration with comedian Tim Ross, and proudly hosted by The Workshops Rail Museum, the exhibition of photographs and promotional film footage featured in Reception this way will take you back to a time when the roadside motel was an integral part of the Australian holiday experience.
A national touring exhibition developed by the National Archives of Australia, supported by the National Collecting Institutions Touring and Outreach Program, an Australian Government program aiming to improve access to the national collections for all Australians.
RSVP to Sian West sian.west@qm.qld.gov.au
Australian-first Giant Dome open for play at Rosewood
A new park located at Rosewood Green, west of Ipswich Central features the very first Giant Dome within a golf-themed playground. Pace Park is near a golf course and features a sustainable design. The play tower is made from 100% recycled panels, and the decks are constructed with 75% maritime waste, such as fishing nets removed from the ocean. The play equipment, including Australia’s first Giant Dome at six metres high with more than 170 play activities, as well as the double flying fox, in-ground trampoline, multi-spinner carousel and play tower, is designed by Australia’s Urban Play. It is backed by more than 50 years of research proven to develop happier and healthier children. Pace Park is at Vassallo Drive, Rosewood.
