A Calendar of Aviation
and Modelling Events

Here is a by-no-means comprehensive list of aviation and modelling related happenings that will be happening in the near future (or immediate past, depending on how often I get to update it!) around Australia. If there is something you’d like to add to this list, drop me a line here and let me know.

Dates for upcoming events of interest:

2009

FEBRUARY 2009
February 7th, 2009:
Queensland NNL Competition
Criterion Hotel, Quay Sreet, Rockhampton, Qld.
February 22nd, 2009:
Innaugural National Vietnam Veterans Museum Modelling Competition.
Vietnam Veterans Museum, 25 Veterans Drive, Newhaven, Phillip Island, Vic.

MARCH 2009
March 20-23, 2009:
Australian Toy, Hobby and Nursery Fair (Trade Only)
Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre (Jeff's Shed), Melbourne, Vic.
March 24-29, 2009:
Australian International Airshow and Aerospace and Defence Expo
Avalon Airport, Vic.
March 29, 2009:
Central Victorian Automotive Model Show
Kilmore Memorial Hall, Sydney St, Kilmore, Vic.

APRIL 2009
April 19, 2009:
8th Annual Ballarat Regional Scale Model Exhibition and Swap and Sell
The Caro Convention Centre, University of Ballarat, Mt. Helen Campus, University Drive, Ballarat,Vic.

MAY 2009
May 2 & 3, 2009:
2009 Illawarra Scale Model Expo incorporating the NSW Scale Model Competition
Coonawarra Community Centre, Fowlers Road, Dapto, NSW.
May 23 & 24, 2009:
Scale ACT '09
The Harmonie German Club, 49 Jerrabomberra Avenue, Narrabundah, Canberra, ACT.

JUNE 2009
June 6–8, 2009:
Model Expo & Australian Open Plastic & Scale Modelling Championships
Sandown Entertainment Centre, Sandown Racecourse, Princes Highway, Springvale, Vic.

AUGUST 2009
August 22 & 23, 2009:
Queensland Model Hobbies Expo
Brisbane Table Tennis Centre, 86 Green Terrace, Downey Park, Brisbane, Qld.

SEPTEMBER 2009
September 5 & 6, 2009:
WASMEx - Western Australia Scale Model Expo
The Canning Exhibition Centre, Albany Highway, Canningvale, WA.

OCTOBER 2009
October 24 & 25, 2009:
2009 SA Scale Model Expo
Centenary Gym, Christian Brothers College, 214 Wakefield Street, Adelaide, SA.

Sources (among others):
AeroAustralia Magazine
ModelArt Magazine
Waverley Scale Modelling Club
Australian Society of Aviation Artists
Aviation Historical Society of Australia
AARG, Moorabbin Air Museum