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Be Eggsellent This Easter!

Enjoy Easter in the comfort of your own home!

For many, Easter this year will be very different to normal. We are strongly encouraging our community to stay positive and celebrate Easter at home with their families. Although many holiday plans and travels have been cancelled, the Easter cheer and fun should continue on in the comfort of our own homes!

How are you spending Easter this year?

♦ Download & print our Easter themed colouring in templates

♦ Easter inspired baking at home (hot cross buns, chocolate desserts, hard boiled eggs, chocolate fondue, roast lamb, easter bunny cookies, chocolate nests)

♦ Backyard camp out

♦ DIY egg painting

♦ Easter egg hunts

♦ Decorate your homes with bright colours

♦ Backyard egg & spoon race

♦ Send your loved ones a homemade easter card

♦ Watch Easter movies with the family

♦ Read online Easter books (Peter Rabbit, The Tale of Benjamin Bunny, The Tale of Flopsie Bunnies)

♦ For more creative ideas visit Kidspot 

Share your ideas, images and videos with us so our community can enjoy each other’s Easter 2020 moments at home! Tag @visitparkes on Facebook 

When

Easter Long Weekend – Friday 10 April – Sunday 12 April 2020

Where

Comfort of your own homes!

More Information

Follow along with the Visit Parkes Facebook Page for more ideas

Services NSW Mobile Service Centre

The Mobile Service Centre is a custom-fitted bus with Service NSW staff on board to provide convenient access to NSW Government transactions and services.

The Mobile Service Centre offers similar services to physical sites including:

♦ Driver licence, photo card applications and renewals

♦ Driver Knowledge Tests

♦ Applying for birth, death and marriage certificates

♦ Working With Children Check applications

♦ Cost of Living service to access more than 70 government rebates and savings

Note: You don’t need to make an appointment for the Cost of Living service. We’ll help you out on the day.

When

9:30 am to 3:30 pm on Wednesday 22 April

Where

Commercial Gardens

106 Caswell St, Peak Hill

More Information

For more information visit Service NSW‘s website.

Life Education Van

The Life Education Van will once again be visiting local schools to educate the students about making safer and healthier choices.

The Life Education Van engages with over 710,00 children every year. Alongside their mascot, Healthy Harold, they work to equip the next generation with the knowledge, skills and strategies required to make better choices.

The Life Education Van will be visiting the following schools:

♦ Parkes Public School

♦ Holy Family School

♦ Middleton Public School

♦ Parkes Christian School

♦ Peak Hill Central School

When

During Term 2

More Information

Visit Life Education‘s website for more information.

Image – Life Education

Services NSW Mobile Service Centre

The Mobile Service Centre is a custom-fitted bus with Service NSW staff on board to provide convenient access to NSW Government transactions and services.

The Mobile Service Centre offers similar services to physical sites including:

♦ Driver licence, photo card applications and renewals

♦ Driver Knowledge Tests

♦ Applying for birth, death and marriage certificates

♦ Working With Children Check applications

♦ Cost of Living service to access more than 70 government rebates and savings

Note: You don’t need to make an appointment for the Cost of Living service. We’ll help you out on the day.

When

9:30 am to 3:30 pm on Tuesday 28 April

Where

45 Forbes St, Trundle

More Information

For more information visit Service NSW‘s website.