Diary for Saturday, April 17, 2004

AAP General News (Australia)
04-16-2004
Diary for Saturday, April 17, 2004
EVENTS ARE LISTED IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER AND LOCAL TIME UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED

ADELAIDE
No items listed.

BRISBANE
No items listed.

CANBERRA
No items listed.

MELBOURNE
0855 - MPS (Mucopolysaccharidosis) conference continues: Celebrate the Spirit. Carlton
Crest Hotel, Queens Road, Albert Park. Contact: Vanessa Scott 0439 968705, 9529 4300.

1000 - Bendigo Art Gallery exclusive Australian exhibition of Patricia Piccinini's Venice
Biennale exhibition "We Are Family". 42 View Street, Bendigo. Contact: Sharon Wells 9417
4665, 0419 508 619.

1115 - Federal Minister for Agriculture Warren Truss to address The Nationals state conference.

Moama Bowling Club, Echuca-Moama. Contact. Danny O'Brien 9651 8536, 0418 390 229.

1200 - St John Ambulance first aid volunteers competition to test emergency response.

Victorian Police Academy, View Mount Road, Glen Waverley (Melway 71 E5). Contact: Kerrie
Burzacott 0414 353 330.

PERTH
No items listed.

SYDNEY
0830 - Police Minister John Watkins to open NSW Volunteers in Policing Annual Conference.

NSW Police College, McDermott Drive, Goulburn. Contact Josh Murray: 9228 4866 or 0408
166 449.

1130 - Democrats leader Andrew Bartlett and Senator Aden Ridgeway available to comment
on the impact of the abolition of ATSIC on the Newcastle and Hunter regions. Mayfield
Ex-Services Club, Hanbury Street, Mayfield. Contact: Daele Healy 0419 867 649 or Liz Willis
0417 410 506.

1500 - Wallaby fly-half Stephen Larkham to sign copies of his Rugby World Cup Diary. Pages
& Pages Bookshop, 878 Military Road, Mosman. Contact: Lisa Mackay-Sim 0419 008 710.

1800 - Twenty-five museums and galleries around Sydney to open their doors for the first
time for night-time viewings. Venues include Powerhouse Museum (500 Harris Street, Ultimo),
Museum of Contemporary Art (140 George Street, West Circular Quay), Art Gallery of NSW
(Art Gallery Road, Sydney) and Sydney Observatory (Watsons Road, Observation Hill, The
Rocks). Contact: Karina Borg Olivier 0405 438 074 or Gabrielle Brewer 0419 986 528.

1845 - Fundraising auction dinner for the Karla Lee Foundation, which helps children and
families through divorce. Ramsgate RSL, cnr of Ramsgate Road and Chuter Avenue, Ramsgate.

Contact: 0417 446 967.

SPORT
MEN'S HOCKEY - to April 25 -
HA 4 Nations Challenge, Hockey Centre, Canberra
1300 - South Africa v India
1500 - Australia v Malaysia
NRL - round 6 -
1730 - Sharks v Raiders, Toyota Park, Cronulla
1930 - Cowboys v Broncos, Dairy Farmers Stadium, Townsville
1930 - Storm v Rabbitohs, Olympic Park, Melbourne
AFL - round 4 -
1410 - Melbourne v Port Adelaide, MCG
1410 - West Coast v Brisbane, Subiaco
1910 - Adelaide v St Kilda, AAMI Stadium
1910 - Geelong v Richmond, Telstra Dome
MOTORSPORT - to April 18 -
Australian Superbike Challenge round 2, Wakefield Park
RUGBY UNION - Super 12 - round 9 -
1940 - Waratahs v Hurricanes, Sydney
1500/2300 - Cats v Crusaders, Johannesburg
GALLOPS -
Randwick, first race 1145. Lonhro's last race, the Queen Elizabeth Stakes, 1500
Flemington, first race 1202
Doomben, first race 1207
Cheltenham, first race 1232
Hawkesbury, first race 1237
Gold Coast, first race 1227
Ascot, first race 1445
Toowoomba, first race 1617
New Zealand, first race 1005
Horsham, first race 1212
TROTS -
Newcastle, first race 1845,
Mildura, first race 1900
Albion Park, first race 1730
Globe Derby, first race 1820
Fairfield, first race 1720
Launceston, first race 2040
GREYHOUNDS -
Wentworth Park, first race 1927
The Meadows, first race 1935
Cannington, first race 2105



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KEYWORD: DIARY SATURDAY APRIL 17, 2004

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