Tilba Country Women’s Association branch invites everyone in the Eurobodalla & Bega Valley to attend our Vintage Garden Party to celebrate CWA of NSW’s Centenary! Our Vintage Garden Party is a fundraiser with the proceeds to be donated to Women’s Resource Centre in Bega to support their domestic violence programs.
Tilba CWA’s Vintage Garden Party is on Saturday 10th September 2022 from 11am to 3pm at Mountain View Farm, Tilba Tilba. Vintage Dress is encouraged with prizes for the best dressed.
The event will begin with an Opening Ceremony celebrating the life of Mrs H.J. (Elsie) Bate who was the President of Tilba District CWA for 35 years from 1934 to 1970. During this time, Elsie lived at Mountain View (dairy) Farm with her husband Mr H.J. (Harry) Bate. Elsie hosted garden parties for visiting dignitaries, the Red Cross and CWA fundraising at Mountain View Farm.
The Opening Ceremony will include a Welcome to Country by Ms Lynne Thomas, a Yuin-Biripi cultural knowledge holder, whose family lived and worked with the Bate family on Mountain View Farm for many years. We are hoping Lynne will share a Dreamtime story of Gulaga mother mountain.
Above: The everlasting daisy paddock at Mountain View Farm will be in spring flower on Saturday 10th September for our Tilba CWA Vintage Garden Party fundraiser
The Opening Ceremony will be attended by special guests from Far South Coast Group CWA including current President Lynn Lawson from Cobargo CWA branch and the Presidents of the CWA branches from Eden to Batemans Bay.
Our Vintage Garden Party is a ticketed event with a variety of activities to select & enjoy. There will be three High Tea sittings beginning at 11.30am, 12.45pm or 2.00pm. High Tea tickets are $35 per person with guests enjoying tea or coffee, scones with jam & of course Tilba cream, a variety of fresh sandwiches & hot food, plus other delicious sweets and cakes.
Guests can also select a Wine & Cheese tasting with tickets $20 per person. The wine & cheese will be sourced locally by Carly of Tilba Valley Winery & Ale House paired with cheeses selected by Erica Dibden of Tilba Dairy. Erica will be attending our Wine & Cheese tasting to discuss the selected cheeses. Wine & Cheese tasting times are 12noon, 12.30pm, 1.00pm or 2.00pm.
For those who would like to enjoy the other activities at Mountain View Farm, entry is only $5 per person or $10 per family. New Tilba CWA member & current owner of Mountain View Farm Kathryn Ratcliffe, has replanted her paddock of everlasting daisies this year to celebrate CWA of NSW’s centenary. While you’re enjoying the scenic sites & garden of Mountain View, you can listen to Stitch the Band playing their cool Tilba vibes.
At CWA Tilba Districts first spring Garden Party in 1929 there were stalls, games and competitions. At our Vintage Garden Party we will have Craft, Cakes & Soft Drinks stalls for you to visit. You could play games including croquet, bocce, giant jenga, table tennis & more. There will be a chocolate wheel, raffles, lucky door prizes, and a scavenger hunt for the kids.
Listen to stories of the history of Mountain View Farm and the Tilba region including the establishment of the dairy farm, water supply, cheese factory & hydroelectric scheme. History stories will be told by Tilba CWA member Zoe Bourke of Tilba Talks Heritage Walks, Laurelle Pacey journalist & author of Tilba Times revisited, and Harry Bate step-grandson of Mrs Elsie Bate.
Car parking is available at Tilba Tilba Oval with shuttle transport to scenic Mountain View Farm, at the base of Gulaga. Its also a pleasant 450m walk from the oval to the farm, past La Galette, Tilba’s French café, and Tilba Nursery garden centre.
Please note this is a smoke free and dog free outdoor event.
For more information or to purchase tickets please contact Helen Thomson, Tilba CWA’s Treasurer by text 0407 100 710 or email cwatreasurytilba@gmail.com
Above: Tilba CWA member Kathryn Ratcliffe and president Teresa Stubbings at Mountain
View Farm preparing for our Vintage Garden Party fundraiser on Saturday 10th September
