The 48th annual AFI Festival of Film will this year feature South Australian feature films Ten Canoes and 2:37, along with The Caterpillar Wish, shot in Robe. The Festival showcases the nominees for this year’s AFI Awards and also includes South Australian short film The 9:13, and the local short animated films Carnivore Reflux and Gargoyle. The recently released feature film Kenny, which had its sound postproduction completed in Adelaide, will also screen as part of the festival.
More information: 08 8348 9376

Jim Barry’s 2003 McRae Wood Shiraz has collected three trophies, including best international Shiraz and best Australian red wine, at the prestigious 2006 International Wine Challenge, held in London. The annual challenge, in London, attracts 9000 wine entries from 35 different countries.

Shingleback Wines’ John Davey has won this year’s Jimmy Watson Memorial Trophy. The McLaren Vale winemaker took home the award for his Shingleback 2005 D Block Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon. The Jimmy Watson trophy is awarded annually to the producer of the best one-year-old dry red wine at the Royal Melbourne Wine Show.
More information: 08 8363 6811

One of the world’s top culinary masters, Cheong Liew, will be the ambassador of the 2006 Fiesta! food and wine festival. Cheong is the first ever ambassador for this gourmet event, to be held in South Australia’s Fleurieu Peninsula region over five weekends from 29 September - 29 October. The full Fiesta! program of events can be viewed online at www.fleurieufood.com.au
More information: 08 8331 144

The 2006 Adelaide Bank Festival of Arts has once again affirmed itself as Australia’s pre-eminent arts festival, winning three categories at the Helpmann Awards in Sydney last month. The 2006 Adelaide Bank Festival of Arts won in the Best Opera category for its season of Flight, and in the Best New Australian Work and Best Lighting Design categories for its performances of Devolution.
More information: 08 8216 4403

One of the Art Gallery of South Australia's most generous benefactors, Max Carter AO, has celebrated the Gallery's 125th anniversary by donating thirty works of early Australian art, valued collectively at $2.3 million. The donation, which is the most significant single gift of Australian art in the Gallery's history, includes works by S.T. Gill, Benjamin Duterreau, Conrad Martens, Frederick McCubbin and Tom Roberts.
More information: 08 8207 7032

The Magic Millions racing carnival will be returning to its February time slot next year, with its major mid-week race day becoming a twilight event. The Magic Millions will now be held 19-22 February 2007, while the Adelaide Cup will be held on 12 March 2007.
More information: 08 8463 3398

The Adelaide Showground Farmers Market will start trading on 1 October 2006. The new market will open every Sunday, offering members of the public the chance to buy straight from the grower. Produce on offer will include seafood from Kangaroo Island and Port Lincoln, apples from the Coonawarra, vegetables from Virginia and the Fleurieu Peninsula, plus Riverland oranges and grapes.
More information: 08 8231 8155 or www.asfm.org.au.

The 2007 Clipsal 500 Adelaide V8 Supercar event will be held from 1-4 March, and tickets for the event are now on sale. The Clipsal 500 Adelaide is Australia's largest domestic motor sport event, attracting a crowd of more than 270,000 in 2006. Renowned international motor sport commentator Murray Walker describes it as the best touring car festival in the world.
More information: 08 8278 1706 or www.clipsal500.com.au

North Adelaide Heritage Group has been chosen as one of the world's best accommodation establishments by travel publisher Fodor's, and will be highlighted in the US publisher’s guidebooks. Fodor's is the largest English language travel guidebook publisher in the world, with more than 300 titles in print.
More information: 08 8272 1355

South Australia’s largest confectioner, Robern Menz, has been awarded a Federal Government grant to fund the early-stage development of a new range of healthy fruit snacks. The proposed new range will consist of an assortment of nutritional shaped fruit snacks and will further expand the company’s already diverse range of fruit-based products.
More information: 08 8231 3555.

Do you own a classic ute, four-wheel-drive, tractor or farm truck? If so, you can now enter it in the inaugural Birdwood Country Bash, to be held at the National Motor Museum to be held on 19 November. Entry forms are available at www.history.sa.gov.au
More information: 8203 9868

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