SATURDAY 12TH OCT
10-5pm

Activities and workshops available to book on the day (if workshops not sold out prior – see website for details).

ENTERTAINMENT BY MISS CIRCUS MC - Neisha Murphy

• Welcome to Country with Richard Davis @ 10.30am

• Metropolitian Wood Choppers, 11.30am & 1pm

• 12 noon, 2pm & 3pm - Snake and Reptile Show

• The Madri-Gagas performance 12-2pm

• Chopstick Making with Japanese Tools, Australia

• Children’s Log Dog Building

• Children’s Workshops with Joy of Wood/Greg Miller (WA)

• Watch & Chat with Indigenous Master Wood Carvers, Uncle Noel Wellington & Uncle Noel Butler

• Observe the skills of master Carriage Wheel Maker Neil Wilson

• Take time out to see some tops Timber Milling in action and how to take a log to board

• Be mesmerised by skilled chainsaw carver Adam Humphreys

• Get on the ropes and go tree climbing with Climbcare

• Crack a whip with Master Whip Cracker Brad Harper

• Enjoy music throughout the day with Damo, the Honey Sippers and Phyllistein

• Circus Drop Zone - creating a fun dynamic space for kids to be engaged whilst learning new skills. The zone is set up with circus equipment such as; hula hoops, juggling, diablo, flower sticks, unicycle, human pyramids and spinning plates. Come and join the fun!

• Tree Climbing - Come join Climbcare's arborists and take to the tree's. Kids are put in a harness and helmet and showed how to use special rigging and climbing techniques to move themselves into the canopy of the tree! Its like rock climbing, except in a tree. 10-2pm

• Joe Maul Will Draw Your Caricature

• Face Painting With Purple Possum

• Coastal Woodworks Fine Furniture Exhibition
  Showcasing handcrafted pieces from leading South Coast designers and makers

SUNDAY 13TH OCT 
10-5pm

Activities and workshops available to book on the day (if workshops not sold out prior – see website for details).

ENTERTAINMENT BY MISS CIRCUS MC - Neisha Murphy

• Chop things up with some chopstick making hosted by Japanese Tools, Australia

• Take a walk on the wild wood side - Children’s Forest Friend Building

• What’s better in a child’s world than the joy of wood?

• Children’s Wood Workshops with the famous Greg Miller from Perth’s Joy of Wood

• Get Crackin ! Learn to crack a whip with master Whip Cracker Brad Harper

• Children’s leather art by Silvia – Make a key tag for your school bag! (Gold coin cost)

• Observe the skills of master Carriage Wheel Maker Neil Wilson

• Be mesmerised by the impressive craft chainsaw carver Adam Humphreys

• Take time out to see tops Timber Milling in action and how to take a log to board

• Watch & Chat with Indigenous Master Wood Carvers, Uncle Noel Wellington & Uncle Noel Butler

• Get on the ropes and go tree climbing with Climbcare

• Sit back and relax or do a Sunday dance to the sounds of Goldheist

• The Great IFOW19 Log-to-Leg Race - a competition between 4 teams starting with a log that turns into a chair leg! (2PM)

• Joe Maul Will Draw Your Caricature

• Face Painting With Purple Possum

• Coastal Woodworks Fine Furniture Exhibition
  Showcasing hand crafted pieces from leading South Coast designers/makers

2019 Sponsorship packages are available.

Now in its 3rd year and attracting 1000s of wood, art and craft lovers plus families from across Australia each year, the Illawarra Festival of Wood is excited to offer a range of sponsorship opportunities to suitable sponsors to advertise their product or service.

Click the image to download Sponsorship Package PDF
and for more information call Suzanne Montague on 0401 258 422

VIC: 5-6 October 2019
Hand Tool Event/Open Day Weekend
Melbourne Guild of Fire Woodworking
14 Cottage St, Blackburn, VIC
mgfw.com.au

NSW: 5-6 October 2019
Spoonies in the Tweed
Spooncarving weekend with
Robert Howard Uki, Tweed Valley NSW
tweedspooncarving.com.au

NSW: 5-6 October 2019
Lost Trades Fair NSW
Hawkesbury Showgrounds,
rundellandrundell.com.auNSW: 12-13 October 2019
Illawarra Festival of Wood
Bulli Showground, NSW
illawarrafestivalofwood.com

ACT: 26-27 October 2019
Spoon Jam Weekend
Carving workshops and demonstrations Tharwa Valley ACT
spoonsmith.com.au

VIC: 26-27 October 2019
Annual Woodshow
Goulburn Valley Woodworkers
MacIntosh Pavillion Shepparton Showgrounds
High St Shepparton VIC
gvwoodworkers.com.au

ACT: 1-3 November 2019
Timber, Tools and Artisan Show
Exhibition Park (EPIC) Mitchell ACT
timbertoolsartisan.com.au

VIC: 9 November 2019
Tools and Trades Day
Hand Tools Preservation Assoc. Aust.
St Anthony’s Parish Hall, Cnr Neerim & Grange Rds,
Carnegie VIC
hrpaa.org.au

ACT: 16-17 November 2019
30th Wood and Craft Expo
Bundaberg Woodworkers Guild Inc.
Main Pavilion, Bundaberg Precinct
(Enter Kendalls Rd)
email: sfa57198@bigpond.net.au

NSW: 23 November - 8 December 2019
Sturt School for Wood Graduation Exhibition
Mittagong, NSW
sturt.nsw.edu.au

NZ: 12 December 2019 - 18 January 2020
Graduation Exhibition
Centre for Fine Woodworking
Refinery Artspace, 3 Halifax St Nelson New Zealand
cfw.co.nz