On Australia Day we celebrate all the things we love about Australia: the great outdoors, a sense of fair go, lifestyle and the diversity of our great nation.
So join us at Shelley Foreshore for the City's Australia Day celebration on Sunday 26 January 2025. This event is designed for the whole community with a strong doggy theme, so bring the family pooch, your friends and neighbours along for a morning to afternoon of fun by the river.
Our event will have more dog friendly activation's, stalls and fun than you can wag your tail at, as well as the pinnacle of every Canning dog owners calendar - the City of Canning's 'Puppy Parade'!!
This free to enter event is also smoke free, alcohol free, dog friendly (of course!) and wheelchair accessible.
EVENT ACTIVITIES
👪 Citizenship Ceremony to kick off the event
❤️ Welcome to Country and Smoking Ceremony
🐶 Our famous Puppy Parade - sign up pet in their best outfit at the stage before the deadline. Prizes will be awarded!
🎨 Kids Aussie-themed craft activities
🏏 Kids Sporting pop-ups
🖌️ Kids Face painting
🌴 Kids inflatable Big Kahuna Water Slide - ages 3yrs and up
🌈 Kids Rainbow Mister for the 'Littlies'
🤫 Kids Quiet Tent for those that need some downtime.
🐾 Doggy Adventure Course
📷 Dog friendly photo booth
🍔🍨 Plenty of food and beverage trucks and vendors
MAIN STAGE 🎙️
🦘9.00am Event Opens with Citizenship Ceremony led by Mayor Patrick Hall with a Welcome to Country
🔈10.00am Welcome and program run down
🔈10.10am Smoking ceremony
🔈10.30am Welcome from Mayor Patrick Hall
🎺10.35am Canning City Brass Band
🔈11.30am Auspire Ambassador Craig Hollywood
🏆11.35am Community Citizen of the Year Awards
🐶11.50am Puppy Parade Competition!!!!
🔈1.00pm VIVID The Band
🔈2.00pm Event Concludes, thanks for coming 😊
FOOD TRUCKS & VENDORS
🔹 Baolicious
🔹 Chubby Dumpling
🔹 Peter's Ca Phe
🔹 SpiceBox
🔹 Satisfried
🔹 Riverton Scouts sausage sizzle
🔹 OMG Donuts
🔹 Crush Juice Van
🔹 Lady Bee Ice Cream
🔹 Beach Break Van
🔹 Baked and Loaded
DOGGY STALL HOLDERS 🐶
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City of Canning Puppy Parade
The Puppy Parade will start around 11.30am, come down to the stage between 10am – 11am to sign up your dog. Judges will decide on the the best pooch strutting down the ‘dog walk’.
FAQ
✔️ Plenty of onsite toilets available (including accessible)
✔️ Event site does have limited free car parking (including accessible)
✔️ Entry to the event and its activities are free (food trucks take Eftpos/cash)
✔️ Dogs are allowed on a lead at all times
✔️ We always have a large free water station at our events
✔️ For those in a wheelchair, path access comes off the car park near these bays. The event site has many pathways and will all for wheelchair usage.
✔️ This event will be AUSLAN intepreted.
Getting here
The event location does have free car parking either in the designated car park manned by our Parking Marshals or along the roadside in a marked bay, including ACROD.
⚠️ It is important that attendees avoid parking on residential verges, across driveways and on footpaths ⚠️
Why not consider also carpooling, walking or riding your bike? 🚲🚶 We will have free bike racks onsite ready to use (bring your own bike lock)!
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