As part of the lead up to the release of 'The Australian Veg Food guide' we are teaming up with Uproar to stage another awards to find your favourite Vegan, Vegetarian and Veg friendly restaurants, businesses and products, voting closes on 1st September and the winners will be announced in the food guide as well as on associated websites.

If you vote, not only will you get the satisfaction of helping and promoting your favourite products and businesses, but you will also be in the running for several wonderful prizes! They currently stand at a handful of restaurant vouchers, but more will be added over the next few months, so keep an eye on our special awards section at www.aduki.net.au/awards.

If you are a business interested in submitting prizes to the awards then let us know, we have an attractive package of enticements to thank you for your support...

Cast your vote!

After a break last year, Adelaide's Vegan festival returns!

Sunday 14 November
Whitmore Square, CBD, Adelaide
10am - 5pm

www.veganfestival.info
Facebook group

2009's event was a rousing success and 2010's will be twice the size!

31st October
The Convent, 1 St Heliers Street, Abbotsford (See MELWAYS Ref 44 G5)
10am - 5pm

www.wvd.org.au
Facebook Event

Sarah Hunt, author of Hidden Documentary, spends an afternoon with community choir Melbourne Sings and explores how a group of seemingly disparate individuals find common ground by singing with one voice.

Sofitel Hotel, Collins Street, 5pm

A small girl stands in the front row of her primary school classroom in a long school dress with rolled up sleeves and white bobby socks. She beams with excitement as she belts out her Cyndi Lauper version of Advanced Australia Fair. She sways her hips in time with the wah wah of the keyboard. The music teacher walks slowly along the line of school children one-by-one. She stops in front of the small girl, slowly turns and nods.

This week the painful memory of my first musical rejection at age eight came back to haunt me. I was going to spend an evening with a choir – where there was a distinctly awful possibility I would have to sing.

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The lovely, super and smashing Bliss Organic cafe in Adelaide have thrown in some gift vouchers to the prize pool for the awards...

So what are you waiting for? Go Vote!!

www.blissorganiccafe.com.au

I never know the best way to share photos, so I'm going to link to a Flickr slideshow, that will do for now...

Victoria's Sate of Design festival is on until the 25th and whilst I can't actually afford to attend most of the events I want to, I did have the good fortune to attend several inspiring events.

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