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• Macedon
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• Mount Macedon
• Riddells Creek
• Romsey
• Woodend

Hanging Rock

Dramatic, unique and perfect for all ages, Hanging Rock is a place where history and mystery meet headon.

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Indigenous History

The Macedon Ranges region is home to sites of national significance, and the local indigenous community is still active today.

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Memorial Cross

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Woodend Teddy Bear Show - Victoria's Premier Teddy Event

Bears with stories to tell

It is a long way from Woodend to Cambodia but each year Victoria’s ‘town at the end of the woods’ forges a stronger link with likeminded people in South East Asia caring for bears who have been abused, left for dead or earmarked for consumption.

They include bears like Dewi, who was rescued by Free the Bears Fund Inc. as a young orphaned cub in 2000. A Cambodia Sun Bear, she was confiscated from poachers who were planning to sell her to the restaurant or exotic pet trade.

Now cared for in the Free the Bears sanctuary at the Phnom Tamao Zoological Gardens and Wildlife Rescue Centre, Dewi has grown into a very beautiful, confident and much loved bear.

In 2005, Kerri Botwood opened Kerri’s Bundle of Bears, in Woodend’s main street. Encouraged by the enthusiasm of customers, her lifetime passion for teddy bears and a lack of opportunities for teddy bear artists to gather and invite the general public to enjoy their work, Kerri organised the inaugural Woodend Teddy Bear Show held the following year. It was an instant success, with stalls fully booked each year since.

A major objective of the annual event is to educate the community about the world’s threatened bear population. Free the Bears Inc. and Animals Asia representatives attend to raise awareness and support for their work. Their messages are delivered in many of the posters produced by school children that adorn the venue as part of a competition.

Proceeds from the show have enabled Kerri to sponsor several bears residing in South East Asian sanctuaries.

The 2009 Woodend Teddy Bear Show will be held at St Ambrose Hall, Templeton Street (cnr Anslow St), Woodend on Sunday, October 25 from 10am to 4pm. Entry $6, Concession $4, Kids $3 or Free (under 6 accompanied by an adult).

For more details visit: www.woodendteddybearshow.com

 

Contact Kerri Botwood 54274944 or 0417030149

Or ckbotwood@netspace.net.au

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