Port Fairy Community House offers a range of courses, workshops & events. There is something for everyone! We are always looking for new ideas and trainers. Let us know if you can help out.
All term courses & workshops must be paid in full, prior to the start of the event. Please click here for our Refund Policy.
Email us if you would like to know more info@portfairycommunityhouse.com.au
Come spin, dance, play, and explore the fun world of hula hooping! This beginner-friendly hoop jam is all about movement, creativity, confidence, and having fun. Kids will learn simple hoop tricks, play interactive games, and enjoy a relaxed and playful session with music and colorful hoops provided for everyone.
This workshop is aimed at 6 to 12 year olds.
Please bring a water bottle and wear comfortable clothes suitable for movement.
Wednesday 1 July @ Railway Shed, Railway Place
11:00 am to 12:00 nooon
1 Jul 2026
11:00 am - 12:00 pm
10.00
Join us for an exciting and eco-friendly kids’ workshop! Little explorers aged 8 and up will have a blast turning recycling fabrics, materials and other useful items into new creations. It’s a fun way to get creative, learn about reusing things, and make something special all your own. Come create, imagine, and help take care of our planet!
(Aged 8 years and above)
Wednesday 1 July, 9:30 am to 11:00 am.
1 Jul 2026
9:30 am - 11:00 am
10.00
Join us for a fun-filled cooking workshop where children can get creative with biscuits! Using a variety of ready-made biscuits and tasty ingredients, kids will experiment, decorate, build, and invent their own delicious creations. This hands-on session encourages imagination, teamwork, and confidence in the kitchen while having plenty of fun along the way. Perfect for young food explorers who love to create, taste, and play with food! (Primary Aged Children)
Thursday 2 July
Session two: 11:30 am to 12:15 pm
2 Jul 2026
11:30 am - 12:15 pm
$10.00
Join us for a fun-filled cooking workshop where children can get creative with biscuits! Using a variety of ready-made biscuits and tasty ingredients, kids will experiment, decorate, build, and invent their own delicious creations. This hands-on session encourages imagination, teamwork, and confidence in the kitchen while having plenty of fun along the way. Perfect for young food explorers who love to create, taste, and play with food! (Primary Aged Children)
Thursday 2 July
Session one: 10:00 am to 10:45 am
2 Jul 2026
10:00 am - 10:45 am
$10.00
Want to grow orchids outdoors in southern Victoria? There are literally hundreds of species and cultivars that will thrive in our climate. You don’t need a hot climate, a hothouse, or grow them indoors. Come and learn about “cold growing” orchids and the best ways to be successful with beautiful blooms. Learn some new names (Zygopetalum anyone?), basic orchid care, how to help preserve native species, and take home an orchid you have potted up yourself in our hands-on activity. Feel free to bring an orchid you have a question about. Our presenter is Rob Porter from the Warrnambool and District Orchid Society, our local orchid club which has monthly meetings and has members at all stages in their orchid journey.
This workshop would be about an hour of information then 30-60 minutes of hands-on activity and while designed for adults, children are welcome if they have a carer to work with them 1:1.
We are working with potting media. Gardening gloves with lots of feel, dust masks especially if you have impaired lung function, and secateurs or florists’ snips or scissors. Plants, potting media and pots will be provided.
8 Aug 2026
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
$30.00
Regardless of age and fitness, Poga teaches in a fun environment how to increase flexibility, muscle tone and balance, and promotes good mental health.
23 Jul 2026
8:45 am - 10:00 am
$120.00
Begin your garment making journey with this beginner friendly pants making workshop. This step-by-step class will take you from beginning to end in producing a personalised pair of pants for you to take home.
We will cover the fundamentals of pattern and fabric selection, sizing and fitting, design choices and sewing skills required to make elasticated pants.
You will require a beginner’s knowledge of sewing and your machine, a machine in good working order, fabric scissors and pins.
Also, bring your own lunch as time will be given to have a short break.
Sinead has been sewing for 25 years, has an associate diploma in fashion design and technology and has run a small alterations business.
12 Sep 2026
9:00 am - 3:00 pm
$75.00
Discover the art of inner balance and strength with our Tai Chi 24 Form adult martial arts class! Whether you’re a beginner or seeking to deepen your practice, join us for a journey into mindful movement. Tai Chi not only enhances physical coordination but also cultivates calm and focus. Come experience the gentle flow and harmonious energy that Tai Chi brings to every session.
First class for newbies is FREE to try! Pay as you go thereafter!
Wednesdays
9:00 am -10:00 am
$15.00 per session
This class is suitable for anyone with less mobility or recovering from injury. In lots of different ways we will stretch and practice yoga with a chair. Very relaxing, incorporating breath work and mindfulness into our practice.
Fridays
11:30 am - 12:30 pm
$122.50
Learn how to use your sewing machine and create a personalized bag to take home. Covering machine basics, using a sewing pattern and fabric fundamentals, learn the skills to begin sewing successfully at home in this one-day course.
Participants must bring fabric scissors and their own sewing machine in good working condition. Also, bring your own lunch as time will be given to have a short break.
Sinéad has been sewing for 25 years, has an associate diploma in fashion design and technology and has run a small alteration business.
25 Jul 2026
9:00 am - 3:00 pm
$65.00
Friday 21 August to Sunday 23 August 2026
Take time out just for you at the Port Fairy Women’s Weekend 2026.
This special 2-day event is designed to nurture wellbeing, creativity and connection, with an incredible line-up of inspiring presenters and workshops to choose from.
Enjoy wholesome meals, relaxed conversations, a celebratory Saturday evening dinner and the opportunity to meet and connect with other amazing women in a welcoming and inclusive space.
Programs will be released in July. Tickets are $220pp and include all workshops and meals across the weekend (accommodation not included). Book early as workshop places are limited.
21 Aug 2026
5:00 pm - 2:00 pm
$220.00
Cultures around the world developed ways to preserve food before modern canning and refrigeration. The resulting flavours became embedded in cultures and carried into modern cuisines. Many techniques also still allow us to store food in energy efficient ways. This workshop will start with a discussion of the main preserving techniques including drying, salting, smoking, fermenting, pickling, canning or bottling, freezing, and more. It will end with a hands-on activity where we make a pickled product to take home.
The workshop is designed for adults, but children are welcome if they have a carer to work with them 1:1 and they are tall enough to work at a normal bench height without standing on a chair or stool.
Participants please note that you will be working with beetroot, so dress accordingly (gloves and aprons will be provided).
25 Jul 2026
10:00 am - 1:00 pm
$30.00
Dreaming of a trip to Italy or wanting to stretch your mind with a new language? Begin to understand and speak useful phrases and discover Italian culture.
9:30 am to 10:30 am Beginners
10:30 am to 11:30 am Intermediate
11:30 am to 12:30 am Advanced
15 Jul 2026
9:30 am - 12:30 pm
$75.00
Ricky Schembri resides in Killarney and specializes in soft pastels. His work consists of landscapes, and more recently, street scenes of Melbourne and New York. He has won many awards in Australia and America. Ricky’s latest overseas adventure was five weeks travelling through Italy with his artist partner Alexandra. These classes are ideal for any artist who wants to gain more experience with the pastel medium. Paint at your own leisure on any subject. Ricky is very flexible with his teaching and will guide you through every step of your painting process.
13 Jul 2026
10:30 am - 12:30 pm
$150.00
For anyone who loves to sing (especially those shower divas!) A fun 90 minutes of rounds, popular & classic songs with lots of laughter. Come along and add your voice to a cacophony of sound. Everyone is welcome!
Mondays
7.30 pm - 9.00 pm
$10.00 per session
Come and share a gentle meditation, a positive and healing way to begin your week.
Please bring a blanket/wrap and, if you wish to lie down for your meditation, a yoga mat and pillow.
Mondays
9:30 am - 10:30 am
$10.00 per session
Join us for our Thursday playgroup. Lots of messy fun, toys and outdoor area for busy toddlers. 0-5yrs. Parents to accompany children.
Every Thursday during school term. 9.30-11.00am.
16 Jul 2026
9:30 am - 11:00 pm
$10 per term
What does it mean to be a man today?
Join us for a FREE honest, supportive, and thought-provoking evening exploring identity, family, and communication in modern life.
Open to all men aged 17 to 70+ – come share, listen, and connect.
Let’s start the conversation about what it truly means to be a man today.
Monthly meetings, Tuesdays 7pm. 21 July, 18 Aug, 15 Sep, 20 Oct, 17 Nov, 15 Dec.
21 July
7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Free activity
Port Fairy Repair Café is a free event held monthly, run by the community for the community.
Located at the Port Fairy Community House, visitors are given the opportunity to bring their broken item from home. Together with the volunteer ‘fixer’, they start making their repairs. It’s an ongoing learning process fostering concepts of sustainability, community and skill-sharing.
Do I need to book? It depends! Check our Facebook page for specific event details.
www.facebook.com/portfairyrepaircafe/
Donation box on site
What can I get fixed? Check our facebook page for available fixers for each event. Items have included:
Bikes
Jewellery
Electrical items
IT (phones/laptops)
Clothing/textiles
Knife/tool sharpening
Mechanical items
Wooden items
Household items
When is it? Usually the 3rd Saturday of the month 10am-12pm
(except Jan, Feb & Dec)
2026 dates
18 July
15 August
19 September
17 October
21 November
What does it cost? The Repair Cafe is a free event. Donations are welcome.
Monthly Saturdays
10.00 am -12.00 pm
Free activity
Learn more about the beach environment. Discover and identify animal, mineral and plant matter washed up on the beach overnight. Followed by an optional coffee and chat. Dogs on leads welcome. BYO hat and sunscreen. Meet at South Beach car park.
Thursdays 8.00am
Free Activity
Thursdays
8.00 am - 9.00 am
Free activity
Great social group with all paces catered for. Optional catch up cuppa afterwards. Meet outside Port Fairy Visitor Centre, Bank St, all year. Sorry no dogs.
Fridays 9.30—10.30am
Ring Anna Holter to register – 0417545305
Fridays
9.30am - 10.30am
Free activity
Ricky Schembri resides in Killarney and specializes in soft pastels. His work consists of landscapes, and more recently, street scenes of Melbourne and New York. He has won many awards in Australia and America. Ricky’s latest overseas adventure was five weeks travelling through Italy with his artist partner Alexandra. These classes are ideal for any artist who wants to gain more experience with the pastel medium. Paint at your own leisure on any subject. Ricky is very flexible with his teaching and will guide you through every step of your painting process.
24 Aug 2026
10:30 am - 12:30 pm
$150.00
2026 DATE: Sat 24 October
Please join in the fun, register your sale and start planning your spring clean!
$20 registration. Registrations close Wednesday 21 October.
Maps showing garage sale addresses and opening times will be on sale between 8:00 and 12:00pm at the Port Fairy Community House. Maps are $2 each.
This is a PFCH fundraiser.
24 Oct 2026
8:00 am - 2:00 pm
$20.00 registration
