Friday 28th February

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Hello Canberra,

📆 Today: Ghost Tours at the NFSA + This Weekend in Canberra.

⛅️ Weather: 33° and partly cloudy.

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Something to do: 👻 NFSA Ghost Tours

The National Film and Sound Archive is once again running its popular ghost tours with local guide Tim the Yowie Man. Discover strange, ghostly, and disturbing stories lurking in the NFSA basement and under the stairs! A rare treat for lovers of the mysterious and macabre. If you're interested, book sooner rather than later—these tours always sell out quickly. Details here.

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👉 This Weekend in Canberra

This weekend, Enlighten begins, the Mint is hosting a family fun day, the Majura Valley Farm Sunflower Maze opens and much more.

Get the full rundown of weekend events here.

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Nightlife: 🧙 Club Broadway

If you know every word to Defying Gravity, this is your party. Club Broadway is coming to FunTimePony. DJ Dan Murphy will be playing all your favourite Broadway tunes from Wicked, Les Mis, Chicago, Hairspray and more. It's happening next Sunday (it's a long weekend). Details here.

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Something to do: 🔦 Twilight Nature Tours

Mulligans Flat Woodland Sanctuary is hosting a range of evening experiences on March 6 as part of Enlighten. Grab dinner and drinks at the bar and restaurant, then explore the sanctuary after dark.

Meet the resident reptiles at the Wildbark visitor centre, join a short, family-friendly spotlighting walk to the wetlands and woodlands, or take a deeper dive on the 2-hour Twilight Tour, where guides will share the history of the sanctuary while pointing out the vibrant nocturnal life. Details here.

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Kids: 🏉 Come and Try AFL

Ainslie Football Club is hosting a series of free come-and-try AFL sessions for all girls and boys aged 4 to 9 years old. Details here.

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Talks around Canberra:

Some upcoming talks you might find interesting:

Lifeline's Open Book: Lifeline Canberra's 3rd Open Book event, Candid Conversations on Australia's Intelligence Services, features Duncan Lewis—former Director-General of ASIO, former Ambassador to Belgium, the EU, and NATO, and now at the ANU National Security College—presenting A Gallop through the History of Intelligence: Fact and Fiction. Hear real stories and compare them to bestselling spy novels, including Slow Horses by Mick Herron and Open Secret by Stella Rimington, former head of MI5. Details here.

Katherine Bennell-Pegg: This International Women's Day, CMAG is celebrating women in STEM with a special in-conversation event featuring Katherine Bennell-Pegg, the first person qualified as an astronaut under the Australian flag. Details here.

Wild Ride: Author Daniel Oakman will showcase his book Wild Ride, which tells the story of the cyclists who were overcome by the need to venture forth on two wheels—the courageous men and women who undertook some of the most epic bicycle journeys of all time. (Apologies for the late notice.) Details here.

The Road to Tangier: Satirist Bryan Dawe presents The Road to Tangier. Hear about Tangier's fascinating mix of writers, artists, spies, crooks, and the eccentric ex-pat elite who have shaped the city into a storyteller's paradise. Details here.

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Classifieds

🎶 Vinyl Records Sale!

Retro music:1940s-1980s. African-American music + pop:

• Saturday March 1, 10am-2pm. At South Canberra Community Market, Westwood Farm,244 Kambah Pool Road (opp. golf club) Kambah
• Sunday March 2, 10am-4pm. At Queanbeyan (Annual) Multicultural Festival, Queanbeyan Park (Lowe/Campbell streets).

Enquiries: Julian [email protected]

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Classifieds support Canberra Digest

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Tidbits and News:

Pharmacy Trial Expands: More pharmacies in the ACT will soon offer treatment for uncomplicated UTIs and resupply of the contraceptive pill following a successful trial. The expansion aims to improve access to healthcare while reducing pressure on GPs and emergency departments. Women can learn more about accessing UTI treatment here and contraceptive pill refills here.

ACT Chief Ambulance Officer Retires: ACT Ambulance Service (ACTAS) Chief Officer Howard Wren will retire at the end of February, marking the end of a five-decade career in ambulance and healthcare. Reflecting on his journey, Wren said, "When I started my career as a paramedic in 1974, all that was required was to be over 18, have an unrestricted driver's license and a few first aid certificates." How things have changed! Over the years, he has championed key reforms, including ensuring all frontline paramedics are equipped with defibrillators and improving paramedic education. More.

Cycling Events: Mount Stromlo will be hosting top-tier international riders this weekend when the UCI Continental Series and AusCycling XC National Series comes to Canberra. More.