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What’s On: Seven things to do in the Hunter this weekend

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Yes, believe it or not, it is August – already!

If your 2022 New Year’s Resolution was to try a new activity or hobby this year, and you’re yet to get motivated, this weekend might be the one for you.

Whether its baking, painting, reading, tasting, or learning a bit of history, the Hunter region is bound to impress.

Here’s our top seven suggestions to get you started.

You’re welcome.

NEIGH:

To celebrate the Horse’s birthday, Lake Macquarie animal artist Helene Ruma is hosting a step-by-step creative session teaching want-to-be artists how to draw and paint a horse running.

Using brushes and acrylic paints, Ruma will endeavour to teach students how to build an animal from shapes and then bring focus to the subject through colour.

The session runs from 5.30pm to 8.30pm on Friday at the Wangi Wangi Library Creative Hub and is suitable for beginner artists or anyone who would like to just have a bit of fun.

Participants are welcome to bring their own snacks and drinks to help get the creative juices flowing.

FIKA:

It’s Swedish for “coffee and cake with friends” and on Saturday between 10am and 2pm Novocastrians are invited to learn the art of baking and breaking bread, with friendship in mind.

Ticketholders to The Junction-based event will explore Scandinavian baking techniques including rye, dark and savoury, Danish Rugbrod, Swedish Cardamom buns, and a three-layered Dream Cake.

Local baker Kelly Syms will be guiding would-be bread makers at the Union Street site through a Fika-fest of sweet treats, breads, soup and conversation.

Contact event organiser The Essential Ingredient Newcastle for more details.

SHOP:

Newcastle’s Civic Green will be home to The Olive Tree Market’s Winter edition on Saturday.

From 9am to 2pm the iconic central park is expected to be filled with a carefully curated selection of stalls selling home-made wares, fresh produce, arts and crafts, pet treats, food and clothing.

Some of the region’s best artists, designers, makers and street food purveyors will be onsite at what is becoming one of Newcastle’s most popular attractions.

Miss Porters House
Miss Porter’s House Museum in Newcastle. Photo: National Trust

SPOOKY:

Tour operators at Miss Porter’s House say many spirits have called this their oasis in the West End.

Sitting quietly at 434 King Street Newcastle it is the city’s only National Trust building yet is easily missed.

On Saturday night the house, which was built in the early 1900s and continues to keep its heritage, will be home to Miss Porter’s House Investigation Night, an adults-only ghost hunting journey from 7pm to 9pm.

Organisers recommend this tour for all newbie ghost hunters, claiming they have no need to fake evidence.

Tickets purchased at the event will assist in maintaining the heritage-listed building.

FRESH:

Maitland Community Markets are making a return this weekend.

From 9am until 2pm the Maitland Showgrounds will be filled with stallholders, both indoors and outdoors, offering homemade goods, food, entertainment, fresh produce, second hand items, and of course coffee.

Parking is available on the showground with a two-dollar donation going to the Maitland Lions Club.

CHOO CHOO:

The Maitland Railway Museum is hosting an Open Day this Sunday.

Between 10am and 3pm visitors of all ages are welcome to explore the significant landmark and learn of its heritage significance.

The perfectly preserved Victorian railway asset was the last of its kind engaged in Australia, operating steam locomotives for commercial purposes.

Restorations, displays, artefacts, materials, tools and records are all accessible, showcasing what became a transformational element of the coal-producing region during the 20th Century.

FAMILY TREE:

History buffs are invited to attend the book launch of Roland Bannister’s Hunter Valley Ancestors: An Incomplete Chronicle of the families Burns, Puxty, Hewitt, Longworth, Poile, Pascoe, Kenny, and Hancock this Sunday.

The free event will start at 10.30am and be hosted by Newcastle Museum director Julie Baird.

The book, which focuses on some of the region’s first settlers, seeks to find answers to what family life was like at the time.

Rural labourers, farmers, miners, and publicans will have their histories examined in the book, with a collection of images on display as well.

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