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Address
20 O’Connor Road, Knoxfield
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Centre facilities
Residents have access to:
- a gymnasium
- an activity room
- an art room
- two meeting rooms.
Activities
Knox City Council operates the Night Owl social program for young people aged 12 - 18.
Find out more about the Night Owl program.
You can also get involved in:
- University of the Third Age
- trampolining
- basketball
- dance
- fitness
- karate
- meditation and many other activities.
Community group activities
The following community groups run programs from the centre. Contact them for more information.
Education
| Program | Contact |
|---|---|
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University of the Third Age |
Phone Lawrie 9752 2737 or email president@u3aknox.org.au |
Exercise and fitness
| Program | Contact |
|---|---|
|
Count Me In Dance |
Phone Natalie 0432 875 554 or email countmeindanceschool@gmail.com |
|
HBM Fitness |
Phone Michelle 0402 906 420 or email hbmfitness@hotmail.com |
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Omega Trampoline Club |
Phone Marion 0403 413 202 or email omegatrampoline@bigpond.com |
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Walking Football (Soccer for over 50's) |
Phone Helen 9298 8235 or email helen.oakley@knox.vic.gov.au |
|
Tanya James School of Dance |
Phone Tanya 0419 100 630 or email tanya.james@hotmail.com.au |
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Ferntree Gully Falcons Basketball Club |
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Loong Fu Pai Martial Arts Academy |
Phone Terry 0418 809 808 or email terrylim40@bigpond.com |
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Peake Performance (Personal Training) |
Phone Wayne 0411 286 608 or email peakeperformancept@gmail.com |
Health and wellbeing
| Program | Contact |
|---|---|
|
Open Arms, Healing Hands |
Phone Jean 0430 995 534 or email open.arms@mail.com |
|
Earthly Solutions (Meditation and small business classes) |
Phone Janet 0426 822 578 or email jmcloryman@hotmail.com |
Venue hire
The centre can be hired for functions, business and sports activities.
Find out more about hiring our facilities.
Need help?
Email knoxcc@knox.vic.gov.au and we will get back to you.
Or call our Customer Service team on 9298 8000.
Facilities
- a gymnasium
- an activity room
- an art room
- two meeting rooms
Location
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Events, activities and festivals
- Festivals and civic events
- A Very Aussie Christmas
- Biodiversity Blitz 2022
- Brass Monkeys – School Holiday Feature Show
- Celtic Reflections Australia
- Come N Try Carers Exercise Class
- Crucial COVID conversations for businesses
- Help create an important piece of art
- Holding a community event
- Introduction to Mindfulness for Carers
- Jewellery making
- Jugg Life School Holiday Feature Show
- Knox Environment Society Indigenous Nursery Tours
- Money information for women - superannuation and insurance
- Money information for women – avoiding scams
- Money information for women – budgets and bills
- Money information for women – managing debt
- Money information for women – planning your future
- Movie day – Senior Movement
- Online Event: "Always a Work in Progress"
- POSTPONED - Junior BMX Track Opening Event
- Pavarotti — King of the High Cs Featuring David Rogers Smith
- Protecting your rights as you get older (online)
- Reducing your household waste workshop
- Reducing your household waste workshop
- Swinging on a Star – The Songs of Frank Sinatra and the ‘Golden Rat Pack’ Era
- Tai chi
- The Amazing Travelling Comedy Tour
- The Beatles Show Presented by Rubber Soul
- The Songs of Judy Garland
- Tusk – The Storybook Tribute to Fleetwood Mac
- Wattle Day tree planting
- Have Your Say
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News
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- Art installations at Stamford Park (and win a picnic!)
- Biodiversity Blitz 2022
- Biodiversity Month 2022
- Biodiversity Month Working Bees
- City Nature Challenge 2022
- Cr Susan Laukens elected Knox Mayor
- Fire Danger Period begins Monday 10 January
- Help us tackle graffiti
- Knox Festival Twilight Program
- Knox Festival returns for 2022
- Knox tree trails
- Last chance to nominate an everyday hero
- Last chance to take part in Biodiversity Month 2022
- Learn about composting
- Lower your carbon footprint and reduce energy bills
- New home for outdoor dining pod
- Only 4 weeks left to nominate a local hero
- Protecting our green areas and significant spaces
- Public Holiday Opening Hours
- Recycling right for National Recycling Week
- Revitalising Boronia
- Summary of Biodiversity Month 2022
- Volunteer Biodiversity Group Anniversaries
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Arts in Knox
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Immerse
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Artists and Installations
- Carla O'Brien – I AM HERE
- Carolyn Menzies – Carbon Cocoonery
- Clara Chan – Posthuman Convergence
- Fausto Gallego – Moving Forward
- Giordano Biondi – The Folds
- Gretel Taylor – Restless
- Hayden Dewar – Shelter
- Hsin Lin – Blossoms of Life
- Jack Tar & Co. – Atmosphere Absolute
- LUCIANO – Spinning Yarns
- Lynn Berry – Winter Garden
- Marc Savoia – Nothing Between Us
- Marc Savoia – Wunderkammer
- Marshall Arts Club - Glitch Garden
- Mikaela Stafford – SmokeScreen
- Molly Stephenson – Spaces of reflection between parts
- Natalie Wijeyeratne – Flagship I and Flagship II
- Nicholas Barker and Jessica Tanto – Please Take One
- Rebecca George – R > 1 Covid 19
- Rebecca Westlund – Acts of Hope
- Sara Catena – Shrine of the Sacred Self
- Simone Melville – Eden
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- Sonia Zymantas – Involuntary Memories
- Soyoun Kim – ID Photo Poster
- Susannah Langley and Farnaz Dadfar with Warren Armstrong – VOID-ATRIUM
- Toshi Handa – Monument of Respect
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- Immerse 2021 highlights
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Major projects and initiatives
- Building a better Boronia
- Capital Works Projects at Sports Facilities
- Fairpark Reserve
- Kings Park pavilion
- Lewis Park Masterplan
- Marie Wallace Park Upgrade
- New Knox Library including The Youth Hive
- Regional Netball Centre Expansion
- Stamford Park Redevelopment
- VARMS relocation
- Wantirna Reserve redevelopment
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Event Calendar
- Advanced Care Planning – Upper Ferntree Gully
- Allergen training for food businesses webinar
- Armchair travel stories – Tasmania
- Asian Australian mental health in action
- Backyard wildlife habitat box webinar
- Bayswater Christmas Makers Market
- Bayswater Makers Market
- Bayswater Makers Market
- Bright Ideas Network meeting
- Building Aboriginal cultural competency workshop
- Child Safe: Overview of the National Principles
- Committee Succession Planning: Attracting the Right Volunteers
- Community Events: Make It Happen!
- Community champions iNaturalist webinar
- Dealing with feelings: for parents and caregivers of teenagers
- Disability Awareness and Engagement: Making your group or club more accessible
- Emerging and revisioning with a plan (workshop)
- Escape from Trash Mountain
- Fever -The Songs of Peggy Lee
- Free group fitness classes
- Friends of the Gully Working Bee
- Gambling harm and young people panel discussion
- Grant writing workshop
- Green cleaning workshop
- Guided bird watching
- Guided frog watching
- Guided fungi walk
- Gully Gardeners: Keeping Chickens with Ella from Chooktopia
- Habitat boxes for suburban wildlife workshop
- Healthy Lunchboxes - A workshop for kids and parents
- Healthy Lunchboxes - A workshop for kids and parents
- Healthy Lunchboxes - A workshop for kids and parents
- Insect discovery walk
- Introduction to Mindfulness - short course
- It's Time - The Australian Michael Bublé Show
- Keeping Chickens Workshop
- Kids Pottery - Hand Building Creations
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- Knox Art Show
- Knox Carols by Candlelight
- Knox Festival
- Life Hacks - Creating a Home That Enables You to Remain Independent
- Life Hacks - Tips From an Occupational Therapist
- Love your clothes workshop
- Mental health awareness session
- Mindfulness and compassion
- Mindfulness and the body
- Mindfulness and the senses
- National Sorry Day ceremony
- Nutrition workshop for parents and carers
- Pension information session
- Pot-Pourri Presents Christmas on Broadway
- Preparing your garden for a bumper Spring harvest
- Proximity Dance Workshops with 3d Arts
- Reducing food waste workshop
- Reducing your household waste workshop
- Reducing your household waste workshop
- Songs and stories by Kutcha Edwards
- Soup and Singing
- Stringybark Festival
- Stringybark at Stud Park
- Sustainable scrumptious snacks
- Sustainable scrumptious snacks
- Sustainable scrumptious snacks
- Tie Dye Workshop (school holiday workshop)
- Too Peas in a Podcast - Carers Event
- Wellness festival for mothers and daughters
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