✈️ Positively Adelaide : June 4 , 2024

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🏉 Over $17.6 million was spent in Norwood, Payneham, and St Peters during the 2024 AFL Gather Round weekend, up from $14.2 million the year before, according to new economic data.

🏠 The 2024-25 Budget will abolish stamp duty for first homebuyers who buy or build a new home and extend the First Home Owner Grant to all eligible first homebuyers.

🏡 Adelaide's western and southern suburbs will get $576 million in the 2024-25 State Budget for two major housing developments.

🏛️ South Australian man sentenced to 23 years for soliciting sexually explicit material from 10 foreign children on social media.

📺 Universal 3-year-old preschool and other Royal Commission into Early Childhood Education and Care recommendations will receive $715 million over five years in the 2024-25 Budget.

🚓 The state government will commit $19 million over four years on developing and implementing SAPOL’s digital police station.

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🗳️ Africola at The Joinery Wine Room

Come enjoy a long table lunch on June 9th featuring delectable dishes from Africola. If you've attended one of these renowned lunches in the past, you know that Duncan and his staff will prepare the most delectable, considerate, and entertaining meal, which will be served over several hours as you relax and take in the day.In our winery, you will be seated among our barrels and able to take in the aromas of our recently fermented wines.As the courses are served, Charlotte and Ben will pour wines from Cooke Brothers and Charlotte Dalton to complement Duncan's menu. Naturally, we'll begin with some French bubbly as you arrive and socialise. We guarantee that the wines served with lunch will be excellent and will enhance the flavours of the food.The incredible talent Max Savage will be lurking in a corner, providing the soundtrack to keep the day's overall theme carefree and joyful.Give yourself the most exquisite day possible. Every year, we eagerly anticipate this day, which we adore, and we can't wait to share with you.

What: Long table lunch at The Joinery Wine RoomWhen: Sunday June 9th at 1:00pmWhere: The Joinery Wine Room: Shed 8, 89-91 Hill St, Port Elliot SA 5212Price: $220To purchase tickets, click here.For more information on the event, click here.

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🥘EATING ROOM SPOTLIGHT : Windy Point Restaurant

Only a car park and kiosk stood in this iconic location in the 1950s. Still, it was the best spot for uninterrupted panoramic views of Adelaide, and the address was a tourist attraction. Modern Windy Point opened in October 1982.

📱+61 8 8278 8255

📌 339 Belair Rd, Belair, South Australia 5052 Australia

🌎https://windypoint.com.au

🎒 Over $218 million will be spent on a new preschool, primary, and high school in Mount Barker and the northern suburbs of Adelaide to meet population growth.

🛣️ The 2024-25 State Budget allocates $80.1 million for road safety, including lowering arterial and council road speed limits near schools to 40 kph at priority locations.

🦭 The 2024-25 State Budget will add $5 million annually from 2027-28 to finance the long-term maintenance and repair of South Australian jetties.

🚑 The $74 million Noarlunga Hospital expansion will add 48 beds to Adelaide's southern suburbs.

🎉 The Listen In 2024 lineup, announced this morning, is as exciting as ever. The festival returns to Ellis Park in Adelaide on September 29th.

🥘 A new Korean restaurant has touched down in Adelaide’s CBD, and it’s bringing vibrant flavours of Korean cuisine with it. Located on Hyde Street

👩‍🚒The State Government announced today that female firefighters who develop firefighter-related cancers will receive fairer compensation and support. The government will amend the Return to Work Act 2014 to include primary site cervical, ovarian, and uterine cancer as firefighter-related cancers.

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WHAT'S ON
  • Winter nights for Illuminate Adelaide. Annually on Kaurna Country, Adelaide's brightest celebration of art, light, music, and technology features late nights, bright lights, and big adventures.📅 Thursday 04 - 21 July 2024⏱️ Multiple time📌 Multiple place🎫 Paid🔏 Register here.

  • Winter Read Festival 2024. Winter Reds is South Australia's major winter wine event! Come celebrate premium cool-climate red wine in the Adelaide Hills with open fires, live music, hearty food, and all the best of winter in the Hills!📅 Friday July 26 - 28 2024.⏱️ 12:00 pm – 4:00 pm📌 93 Jones Road, Balhannah, Adelaide Hills, South Australia, 5242🎫 Paid🔏 For more information, click here.

  • After a successful 2023 season, Adelaide's Cabaret Fringe Festival returns for the winter festival season in South Australia.📅  May 24 to June 2 2024📌 Adelaide🎫 Paid🔏 For more information, click here.

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