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📆 Today: It’s Wednesday 27th March
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Bentspoke’s Barley Griffin and FreeWheeler have brought home Gold at the International Brewing & Cider Awards. The International Brewing Awards is a Biannual competition that has been running since 1886 and is believed to be the oldest brewing competition in the world. More.
Yesterday evening, there was smoke across Canberra. The NSW Rural Fire Service conducted prescribed burns just outside the ACT border near Uriarra, which will continue today. Smoke may be present across Canberra over the coming days.
If you’re concerned about the air quality, you can monitor readings from ACT Health here.
Join local guide Tim the Yowie Man on a spooky behind-the-scenes tour of the National Film and Sound Archive. Discover the strange, ghostly, and disturbing stories lurking in the NFSA basement and under the stairs. These tours always book out fast, so book in soon. Details here.
A new Saturday bus timetable featuring more frequent services will start on April 6th. In total, over 300 extra services will run on Saturday. Hourly services will now run until 6 p.m. Transport ACT has been running a recruitment drive and this new timetable is enabled by an increase in staff. Details here.
The Raiders will travel to Sydney this Sunday to play the Sharks. They will be without Albert Hopoate, who sustained minor burns while cooking on a barbecue. It’s expected he will be fit for round 5. Match Preview.
Popular British comedian David Walliams (Little Britain, Come Fly With Me) is coming to Canberra on September 12th. Details here.
Bins scheduled to be collected this Friday, March 29th, have been rescheduled for Saturday, March 30th. Details here.
Natural Nine is running an Easter Seafood Feast that includes whole lobster and mudcrab. It’s running from the 29th to 31st March. See the menu here.
The Canberra Theatre released a few extra tickets for tonight's previously sold-out Miriam Margolyes show. As of writing, there were just a couple of seats left. Details here.