What’s On: Your guide to events around Albany and the Great Southern, July 17-23

From the Albany Maritime Festival to school holiday workshops, here’s your guide to the week ahead in the Great Southern.

THURSDAY

Albany Orchid Society Winter Orchid Show, North Road Shopping Centre, 9am

School Holiday Workshop: Coral Reef Diorama, Museum of the Great Southern, 10.30am

A Man, His Boat, His Town: A Stan Austin Memoir, Albany Public Library, 2pm

FRIDAY

Documentaries at the Library: Ice Maiden, Albany Public Library, 1.30pm

David Rastrick, Wilson’s Brewery Bar, 5pm

Great Southern FM Quiz Night, Retravision Stadium, 6.30pm

Bangarra Dance Theatre’s Illume, Albany Entertainment Centre, 7.30pm

SATURDAY

Shanties and Shandies with the Albany Shantymen, Emu Point Sport & Community Centre, 11am

Dry July Quiz Night, Albany Entertainment Centre, 6pm

SUNDAY

Polar plunge for Special Olympics WA, Middleton Beach, 9am

Try Sailing Sundays, Albany Waterfront Marina, 10am

Kris Nelson, Wilson’s Brewery Bar, 5pm

MONDAY

Luminous Landscapes of the Deep: School Holiday Immersive Art Space, Vancouver Arts Centre, 10am

TUESDAY

Message in a Bottle and Other Tall Tales with Mark McRae, Albany Public Library, 2pm

A Maritime Mystery: The Search and Rescue of the Albany Pilot Launch Pelican, Six Degrees, 7pm

WEDNESDAY

Dressmaking Workshop, The Empty Bobbin, 9am

Planning something? Let us know! Send details of your event to greatsouthern@wanews.com.au