Sunday 21st April

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Hello Canberra,

⛅️ Weather: 21°. Fog in the early morning and a sunny afternoon.

📆 Today: It’s Sunday 21st April

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Today: Roaring Bright Markets

The first Roaring Bright Markets at Gold Creek is being held today from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The markets are happening in conjunction with the Roar'n'Explore Early Learning Centre. The market will be right next to the dinosaur museum. Details here.

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News: 🔋 New Community Solar Batteries for Canberra

Three new community batteries will be installed in Dickson, Casey and Fadden. Homes with solar panels will charge the batteries when there is excess solar power. The batteries will cost $1.5 million, with funding coming from the Federal Government and will be built by the end of March 2025. A 2022 review into neighbourhood scale batteries in the ACT found they weren't necessarily more cost-effective than larger storage systems. The ACT Government is also currently building the Big Canberra Battery.

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Sport: 🏉 Brumbies Thrashed by Blues

The Brumbies had a terrible night with a 46-7 loss to the Blues at Eden Park in Auckland Match report.

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Something to do: 🥖 French Baking Class

Join teacher Andre, at Alliance Française and learn how to bake bread and pastries à la français, while perfecting your French language skills. The Classes are in English with some French and will begin on Friday, May 3rd. Details here.

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Tuesday:🧬 Science in the Pub

King O'Malleys is hosting Science in the Pub. This Tuesday will be Apollo 11: Quarantine. Film-maker Stephen Slater presents a special screening and will be joined by Astrophysicist Dr Brad Tucker and Cosmologist Dr Emma Tucker, Space Medicine Fellow, for a fun-filled evening discussing mankind's greatest achievement and how we were protected from contamination by those pesky lunar germs! Details here.

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Name the New Street Sweeper

The ACT Government is looking for help naming new equipment for City Services, including a street sweeper and two articulated loaders. Obviously, Sweeper McSpeepface is the best option 😉 More.

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Tidbits

Cheerleading World Championships: 22 Canberra Cheerleaders are heading to Florida to compete in the Cheerleading Worlds. The team, Anthem, placed sixth at last year's event and is looking to improve this year. More.

Shipwrecked: Countertenor Tobias Cole will be joined by a small band of strings (and harpsichord) to present stormy vocal works by Baroque composers Ariosti, Vivaldi, Handel, and Hasse at the first concert of the Apeiron-Baroque 2024 chamber series. Happening today at 4pm. Details here.