Meet Holly Ringland, author of The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart, at BooksPlus at 157 Howick Street at 6pm. Ringland’s debut novel is about a young girl who has to learn the hard way that she can break the patterns of the past. Taken in by her grandmother, a flower farmer, she has been raised on the language of Australian native flowers. This will be a free event. RSVP to 6331 5994 or admin@booksplus.com.au.

Bathurst Regional Council will hold its village meeting at Raglan Community Hall at 6.30pm.

PCYC activities: gymnastics, parkour and boot camp. Cost: $25 for a half day or $30 for a full day. To book, call 6331 2191.

School holiday activity, Where’s Wally at Bathurst Library from 10.30am-12.30pm for six to 17 years. Cost: $10 per child. For inquiries, call 6333 6281.

Tuesday, April 17

Escape Room! As part of Youth Week the library has a school holiday program for people aged 13-17 years coming up on April 17.

Come and test your problem solving skills and creativity to escape from the 'basement' kidnapper. Movie tickets will be awarded to the group that escapes the fastest!

PCYC Circus, laser tag and obstacle courses. For a half day $25 or full day $30, to book call 6331 2191.

Wednesday, April 18

The Meetings are held in the Chapel at Macquarie Care Centre, Gorman's Hill Road, starting at 2pm. The Auxiliary welcomes new members who can join in a cup of tea and a chat, while organising the year's activities. Contact names are President, Beverley Stuart on 6331 5254 or Sandra Larnach on 6337 3848.

Mr Snot Bottom at Bathurst Panthers, 132 Piper Street. 11.30am call 6330 0600.

Catapult Festival at Bathurst memorial Entertainment Centre 2pm call 6333 6161 for tickets.

PCYC Gymnastics, boot camp and ball games.For a half day $25 or full day $30, to book call 6331 2191.

Bathurst Art Gallery with Polystyrene printing from 10.30am-12.30pm. For six to 15 years. Altered packing from 1.30pm-3.30pm. For 15-25 years, $10 per person.

To book call 6333 6555.

Thursday, April 19

April 19-20 School Children Lapidary Workshop (School Holidays) – from 9am to 3.30pm.

PCYC Circus, drumming and ball games. For a half day $25 or full day $30, to book call 6331 2191.

Muster tonight with Andrew Fletcher will talk further on his local Great War research with “We are still here”. This allows Andrew to tell us about some of those who paid the ultimate price at Australia’s second engagement of World War One - at Gallipoli, seen below in May 1915 with supplies stacked up along the beach. Bathurst District Historical Society Monthly Muster. Uniting Church Hall William Street at 7.30pm. Call Alan McRae 63315404.