The winners of the 2009 Powercor Grampians Pyrenees Business Achievement Awards were announced at a gala dinner at Ararat on 2nd October. The award for the Outstanding Community Event/Festival of the year was awarded to the Moonambel Fireworks - Party in the Pyrenees. Further recognition of the enterprising efforts of MEI members! Click here. to view photos from the awards night.

Don't miss the next fireworks, to be held at Moonambel Recreation Reserve, Late October/ November 2010.

 

The Moonambel Arts and History Group (MAHG) is pleased to announce a Photographic Competition
& Market-Day in the sun to be held at our fantastic new pavilion on Saturday 28th November to Sunday 29th.
The main prize, for a photograph using the theme of "Sheds, Beds and Kitchens" is $300 (independently judged).

When: Exhibition: 10am–4pm, Sat & Sun
Market: 10am–3.30pm, Sun.

Click here to download full details of this event, including children's prizes and other competitions.

The Official Opening of the Moonambel Pavilion took place on 31 July 2009. This initiative was made possible by the hard work (and cash) from the Moonambel Community and substantial financial input from the Pyrenees Shire, the Victorian and Federal Governments. The Hon Joe Helper formally opened the Pavilion ..... (with some assistance from our oldest resident, Keith Farnsworth!!) view some of the images from this event here.

The third Moonambel Easter Arts Festival was launched at Tandamuki on Good Friday, 10 April 2009. The festival was sponsored by the Pyrenees Shire and Pyrenees Newspapers with a $500 first prize for this year's winner. Photos can be found in the picture Gallery pages.

On Easter Saturday evening, a comical play "Foules Gold", followed by an Evening of Dancing was a sellout and a fantastic night of fun.

This truly was the highlight of the Easter in Moonambel and shows what talent and enthusiasm exists in our community. View some of the images from the 2009 event on the Foule's Gold pages.

This fantastic event was held on Friday 13th March, 2009 as part of the Melbourne Food and Wine Festival. After 5 very successful years at Dalwinnie the event moved to Taltarni in 2009.

Once again the community volunteers of MEI managed a fantastic event with the wonderful support of sponsors, headed by Taltarni Vineyards, the Moonambel Hotel and The Benchmarque Group.

A key iniative this year was a fundraising auction for the Victorian Bushfire victims which raised over $16,000.

View some of the images from the 2009 event on the Gallery pages.