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Calendar of Events

SPRING

Sydney Blues Festival
The Mall on George Street
25/28 October 2012
In its fourth year, the Festival is going strong with venues along The Mall.
For details and schedule, call Gary at 0409 042 464

Windsor Polo Club Events
Old Kurrajong Road and Triangle Lane, Richmond
Windsor Spring Carnival
22/23 September

Windsor Spring Tournament
27/28 October

The Hector King & Riverlands Ladies International
8/10/11 November

Hawkesbury Canoe Classic
Governor Phillip Park, Windsor
27/28 October

The Canoe Classis is an overnight race covering 111 kilometres. A full moon or miserable rain—there's no guarantee of a perfect night, but you are guaranteed a memorable night.
The race starts at Windsor's Macquarie Park. In its 28-year history, paddlers have raised more than $1.6 million for Arrow Bone Marrow Transplant Foundation medical research.

New South Wales
Water Ski Classic
Governor Phillip Park, Windsor
November
The Bridge to Bridge Water Ski Classic is well known to competitors nationally and internationally. The Hawkesbury adventure begins at Dangar Island in Broken Bay and proceeds along the length of the Hawkesbury River, finishing in Windsor's Governor Phillip Park.

AUTUMN

The Hawkesbury Show
Hawkesbury Showground, Racecourse Road, Clarendon
Phone: 02 4577 3591
19/21 April 2013

This event is an annual autumn event at the Hawkesbury Showground. With more than 125 years of history, the show is a heritage event and always opens on Friday night.
Spectacular ring entertainment, lively music and exciting fireworks will make for a great family activity. Yet, the show is more than entertainment. It is where Hawkesbury families meet and greet—a Hawkesbury community event at its best—and visitors are welcomed like members of an extended family while celebrating the district's long heritage.
Judging of magnificent livestock is no easy task with such impressive animals! Fruit and vegetable displays bring out the farmer in all of us, and the mouth-watering cooking exhibitions in the grand pavilion are a highlight. These agri-activities and some of the families participating date back to the Hawkesbury's early days.
Back to the entertainment: the intra-state wood chopping competition has the crowd on its feet. But it is the spectacle of regal participants in the pony and horse exhibitions that pack them in. The heart-stopping rides, the carnival atmosphere and the brilliant fireworks are the pinnacle of a great family weekend in the Hawkesbury.

Bridge to Bridge
Power Boat Race
Governor Phillip Park, Windsor
Phone: 02 4732 2255
May 2013
In May, the Upper Hawkesbury Power Boat Club holds its Bridge to Bridge race, a course of 68 kilometres. The starting point is Brooklyn ends at Governor Phillip Park along the river's edge on George Street in Windsor.

Our 2012/2013 edition is the sixth in the life of Historic Windsor Guide website... difficult for us to grasp. We have a new design - a new look - and we hope you will find the site easy to navigate and informative as you search. We post to our blog every fortnight if at all possible about fun activities, new shops and some great eating! In this guide and in our blogging, we only include activities (and food) we have tried. All references are built around our experience - literally 'word of mouth'.

In each edition of our previous publications, we have focused upon the past. This year, we examined Windsor through the narratives of its living residents. We interviewed a number of people and found some interesting and often humorous anecdotes. Throughout the coming months, we will introduce you to these wonderful characters through our blog - it will make for fascinating reading!

Read our blog for Windsor Fun..

Hawkesbury Regional Museum Celebration -- 5th year Birthday. Come celebrate with us. 10am-4pm. Games & Fun for Kids and adults alike! For details, call 02 4560 4655 -- HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

Hawkesbury Regional Gallery: : opening 24May through 28July, 'it is what it is, beyond the debate'. This exhibition features 12 artists who use craft techniques or traditions in the construction of work that stands on its own and speaks for its self -- work that transcends the art vs craft debate. This is a fascinating series, so creatively planned. You will want to select from the many activities! Call for details. 02 4560 4441

WINDSOR CRAFTS & PRODUCE MARKETS: each Sunday 9 - 3PM. Lots of shopping opportunities on The Mall.

Australiana Pioneer Village (Wilberforce) is open each Sunday. For details: 02 4575 1777. (fee)

History Buffs: Want to know more about your family genealogy. Check out Hawkesbury Cemetery Register:www.hawkesbury.net.au/cemetery/map.html

Parramatta

We have seen many changes in Windsor in our six years - businesses come and go and new excited proprietors stand behind the counters. In the early months of 2012, we saw a rising Hawkesbury river much as early Windsor settlers must have seen. Frightening, yet strangely fascinating to us all - the flood drew many visitors to Windsor. In 2012, we also see Thompson Square under threat, not from the rising river but from human decisions. We are concerned. Windsor's heritage buildings and homes and its early historic sites, such as Thompson Square are still its attraction and its emotional power. Windsor is a testimonial to Australia's European past - its historic sites should be preserved and protected for the future. We are the Guardians.