Preserving Food – a modern take on an ancient process
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).
Regardless of age and fitness, Poga teaches in a fun environment how to increase flexibility, muscle tone and balance, and promotes good mental health.
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
Port Fairy Chatty Café is a warm and welcoming space. Whether you’re a local or just passing through, we invite you to pull up a chair, share a free cuppa & cake, and connect with others in a relaxed, friendly environment. Our Chatty Café is all about reducing loneliness, building community, and creating meaningful moments through simple, genuine conversation. Bookings are not necessary but it’s handy for us to know rough numbers for catering.
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!
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.