We host library events for children, teens and adults.
Events are divided into all-ages, children and teens, or adults.
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Play Equipment, Shade Sail, Toilets, Gazebo, BBQ (Electric)
Play Equipment, Toilets, Gazebo, BBQ (Electric)
Play Equipment, Shade Sail, Toilets, BBQ (Electric), Skate Park
Play Equipment, Toilets, Gazebo, Boat Ramp, Jetty
Play Equipment, Toilets, Gazebo, BBQ (Electric)
Toilets, Gazebo, Boat Ramp, Skate Park, Jetty
Play Equipment, Gazebo, BBQ (Electric)
Play Equipment, Toilets, Gazebo, BBQ (Electric)
Play Equipment, Toilets, Gazebo
Toilets, Play Equipment, Gazebo, BBQ (Electric)
Play Equipment, BBQ (Electric), Skate Park
Play Equipment, Toilets, Gazebo, BBQ (Electric), Skate Park
Play Equipment, Toilets, Gazebo, Boat Ramp, Jetty
Play Equipment, Toilets, Gazebo, BBQ (Electric), Boat Ramp, Fishing Platform, BMX Track
Play Equipment, Shade Sail, Toilets, Gazebo, BBQ (Electric), Fishing Platform, Jetty
Play Equipment, Shade Sail, Toilets, Gazebo, BBQ (Electric), Boat Ramp, Fishing Platform, Jetty
Play Equipment, Skate Park, BBQ (electric)
Play Equipment, Shade Sail, Toilets, Gazebo, BBQ (Electric), Fishing Platform, Jetty
Play Equipment. Gazebo, BBQ (Electric)
Play Equipment, Toilets, Gazebo, BBQ (Electric), Boat Ramp, Jetty
Jackson Briggs is a former U.S. Army Ranger suffering from PTSD.
When Briggs (played by Channing Tatum) is notified that his former squad mate, Riley Rodriguez, has been killed, Briggs alongside his companion Lulu, a Belgian Malinois, head down the Pacific Coast in time to catch their best friend's - and handler's - funeral.
One of them has a week to live, the other lives like every day is his last.
Monday 4 July
Bairnsdale Library
2.00 pm – 4.00 pm
Tuesday 12 July
Omeo Service Centre
2.00 pm – 4.00 pm
Tuesday 12 July
Orbost Service Centre
2.00 pm – 4.00 pm
Thursday 14 July
Lakes Entrance
Service Centre
10.00 am – 12.00 pm & 2.00 pm – 4.00 pm
Thursday 14 July
Bairnsdale Library
2.00 pm – 4.00 pm
Friday 15 July
Paynesville
Service Centre
10.00 am – 12.00 pm & 2.00 pm – 4.00 pm
Phone 5152 4225 or book in person at the library for this FREE event.
A NAIDOC Week screening
David Gulpilil Ridjimiraril Dalaithngu’s mesmerising, electrifying presence leapt off the big screen and changed Australian screen representation forever.
Engaging with the camera like never before, David generously shares his own extraordinary story, in his final film — My Name is Gulpilil.
Phone 5152 4225 or book in person at the library for this FREE event.
Tuesday 5 July
Omeo Service Centre
2.00 pm – 3.45 pm
Tuesday 5 July
Lakes Entrance Service Centre
10.00 am - 11.45 am & 2.30 pm – 4.15 pm
Tuesday 5 July
Orbost Service Centre
2.00 pm – 3.45 pm
Friday 8 July
Bairnsdale Library
2.00 pm – 3.45 pm
Friday 8 July
Paynesville Service Centre
2.00 pm – 3.45 pm
Come along to a FREE NBN Australia information session and learn more about the nbn™ access network!
Don’t miss a great opportunity to have your questions answered and learn more about the benefits of the nbn™ access network.
Bairnsdale Library
Wednesday 6 July
1.00 pm - 2.00 pm
Paynesville Library
Wednesday 6 July
3.30 pm - 4.30 pm
Lakes Entrance Library
Wednesday 6 July
10.00 am - 11.00 am
Mallacoota Service Centre
Thursday 6 July
2.30 pm - 3.30 pm
Orbost Library
Thursday 7 July
10.00 am - 11.00am
Omeo Service Centre
Tuesday 12 July
11.00 am - 12.00 pm
Learn how to manage your banking online Introduction to Online Banking seminar will cover how to access your bank account online, checking transactions, making payments, transferring funds and keeping secure.
Bookings are essential as places are limited.
Phone 5152 4225 or book in person at the library for this FREE event.
Monday 11 July
Omeo Service Centre
10.30 am - 12.00 pm
Thursday 14 July
Paynesville Service Centre
2.00 pm - 4.30 pm
Tuesday 19 July
Bairnsdale Library
10.00 am - 12.30 pm
Thursday 21 July
Lakes Entrance Service Centre
10.00 am - 12.30 pm
Friday 22 July
Mallacoota Service Centre
10.00 am - 12.30 pm
Wednesday 27 July
Orbost Service Centre
10.00 am - 12.30 pm
Learn the basics of managing digital photos.
Learn how to store, manage and share your digital photos.
Bring your own device or practice on one of the library’s.
Bookings are essential as places are limited.
Phone 5152 4225 or book in person at the library for this FREE event.
Monday 18 July
Omeo Service Centre
10.30 am - 12.00 pm
Thursday 21 July
Bairnsdale Library
10.00 am - 12.30 pm
Thursday 21 July
Lakes Entrance Service Centre
2.00 pm - 4.30 pm
Friday 22 July
Mallacoota Service Centre
1.30 pm - 4.00 pm
Wednesday 27 July
Orbost Service Centre
2.00 pm - 4.30 pm
Thursday 28 July
Paynesville Service Centre
2.00 pm - 4.30 pm
Join the Warm Winter Read and take the time every day to cosy up with a book.
Track your growing reading habit on a tracker available from your library or the Beanstack Tracker app. And speak to your librarian for some great reading recommendations.
Do you want to get better at reading?
Come in, have a cuppa, learn how to use the library and improve your reading.
Join us each Wednesday from 1.00 pm-3.00 pm, Bairnsdale Library, Meeting Room 3. It’s free!
If you'd like to know more about this program, call us on 5152 4225 or visit Bairnsdale Library.
Learn to use an iPad, explore apps and browse the internet
Are you:
What you will receive:
Register your interest by calling us on 03 5152 4225 in person at any of our libraries.
Book sale dates: 21 July, 18 August, 15 September, 20 October, 17 November and 15 December.
2022 CBCA Book Week - 20-26 August
To celebrate CBCA Book Week 2022, you are invited to
enter our annual Draw a Picture/Write a Story Competition.
This year, it’s titled “Dreaming with Eyes Open…”
Tell us about a dream that you have had or would like to
have.
Let your imagination run wild!
For more information visit your local library or phone 5152 4225.
Conditions of entry
1. The entry form must be attached to your entry.
2. Pictures may be drawn, painted, or a collage.
3. Stories must be 50 to 500 words.
4. One entry per child.
5. All works must be original.
6. Entries will not be returned. Keep a copy of your entry.
7. The judges’ decision is final and no correspondence will be
entered into.
8. Entries may be used for public display in East Gippsland Shire Council libraries or service centres.
9. The closing date is Friday 12 August 2022.
10. The winners will be contacted from Wednesday 24 August 2022 and a prize ceremony will be held on Saturday 27 August 2022.
Prizes awarded in each category.
First prize - $50 book voucher
Second prize - $30 book voucher
Third prize - $20 book voucher
Prep and Grade One - draw a picture
Grade Two and Three - write a story
Grade Four to Six - write a story
There are three ways to enter:
(remember to attach your entry form to your work)
1. Deliver your entry to any East Gippsland Shire
library location.
2. Mail your entry to:
East Gippsland Shire Library
22 Service Street, Bairnsdale VIC 3875
3. Email your entry tolibrary@egipps.vic.gov.au with
the subject line “Writing competition entry”.
Download the Dreaming with Eyes Open… entry form to enter.
Colourful Clay Birds
School Holiday Activity Session
School holiday fun has arrived at your library!
Here’s another of the library’s popular school holiday activity sessions for you to enjoy. Listen to stories, play games, win prizes, make a colourful clay bird and decorate a papier-mâché birdhouse.
Phone 5152 4225 or book in person at the library for this free event.
Wednesday 29 June
Bairnsdale Library
2.00 pm – 3.30 pm
Wednesday 29 June
Mallacoota Service Centre
2.30 pm – 4.00 pm
Wednesday 29 June
Orbost Service Centre
2.00 pm – 3.30 pm
Thursday 30 June
Lakes Entrance Service Centre
2.00 pm – 3.30 pm
Thursday 30 June
Paynesville Service Centre
2.00 pm – 3.30 pm
School Holiday Movie Screening
Good is no fun at all! After a lifetime of pulling legendary heists, five notorious bad guys - Mr. Wolf, Mr. Snake, Mr. Piranha, Mr. Shark and Ms. Tarantula - attempt their most challenging job yet...going good.
Nobody has ever failed so hard at trying to be good as The Bad Guys an all-new animated feature film from DreamWorks Animation.
Phone 5152 4225 or book in person at the library for this FREE event.
Wednesday 6 July
Bairnsdale Library
2.00 pm – 3.45 pm
Wednesday 6 July
Orbost Service Centre
2.00 pm – 3.45 pm
Thursday 7 July
Lakes Entrance Service Centre
2.00 pm – 3.45 pm
Thursday 7 July
Paynesville Service Centre
2.00 pm – 3.45 pm
Come and Try Day
Come and try some of our new STEAM gadgets!
Try out our Makedo, Bee-Bots, Osmo, KickBrick and Snap Circuits.
Drop in anytime between 10.00 am and 1.00 pm to join in the fun.
Parents/carers are encouraged to accompany their children.
For more information about this FREE event, phone 5152 4225 or ask staff at the library.
Thursday 30 June
Bairnsdale Library
10.00 am – 1.00 pm
School Holiday Games Session
Enjoy some school holiday time playing Xbox games and board games at your library
This is not a supervised event.
Parents may consider staying with their younger children.
The Xbox games provided are suitable for the 5 to 12 age group for which this event is being held.
For further information, phone 5152 4225 or enquire in person at the library about this FREE event.
Bairnsdale Library
Friday 1 July
9.30 am – 5.30 pm
Orbost Service Centre
Friday 1 July
9.00 am – 5.00 pm
Paynesville Service Centre
Wednesday 6 July
9.00 am – 5.00 pm
Junior LEGO enthusiasts are invited to attend our after-school LEGO Club sessions.
The sessions incorporate freestyle creativity and construction activities with themes.
Children aged 6 and under must have an adult with them.
Bookings for each session open on the day of the previous session.
Phone 5152 4225 or book in person at the library for these free sessions.
Bairnsdale
Second Wednesday of each month
4.00 – 5.00 pm
Lakes Entrance
Every Wednesday except school holidays
3.40 – 4.40 pm
Mallacoota
Every Thursday except school holidays
3.30 – 4.30 pm
Omeo
Every Wednesday except school holidays
3.30 – 4.30 pm
Orbost
Every Monday except school holidays
3.30 – 4.30 pm
Paynesville
Every Wednesday
3.40 – 4.40 pm
The library will gladly accept donations of old or new LEGO-brand pieces.
Are your little ones curious about the world? Do they want to know more about the night sky, or how sound travels? We’re excited to announce that library members can now borrow one of 17 different Science Discovery Boxes – themed, age appropriate science and nature kits. There are three ranges available:
Each activity is carefully researched and comes with helpful notes to explain the activity. These boxes are designed to be used with adult supervision and participation – they’re a great family activity.
These kits are available at the Bairnsdale Library, however, you can place a reservation online, by phone or in person at the library and the kit (when available) will be sent to your local branch or mobile library for collection.
As we anticipate high demand for these boxes the loan period is four weeks, with a limit of one kit per family. Borrowers will be fully responsible for the boxes that they borrow. Loss or damage of items will incur a charge.
Science Discovery Boxes catalogue
Phone 5152 4225 for more information.
Bairnsdale Library is open late on Thursday nights as a safe and warm place to hang out.
We offer a range of events to enjoy, or just come in and use the library resources or relax.
To find out about our upcoming activities, visit the Libraries After Dark page.