Robe Visitor Information Centre & Public Library

28/06/2024

Get out to see some State Motorcross action this weekend in Robe!

27/06/2024

And who remembers when we used to net Long Beach?

I feel like it was a Footy Club thing? Perhaps you can fill me in.

Your history p*k of week every Thursday!

26/06/2024

Closed today for Stocktake.

26/06/2024

26/06/2024

SA Power Networks are busy tomorrow fixing power connections in Robe.

The Robe Library & Visitor Information Centre will be closed on Thursday 27 June due to the outage, and will be holding their stocktake.

25/06/2024

SOAP in ROBE SA

The main Southern Ocean Art Prize award is back again with a CASH PRIZE of $10k going to the winning artist.

FAQ's
📍There is NO theme for this main award.
📍We accept entries from artists of all abilities anywhere in Australia. You must be 18+years to enter.
📍As an open award, artists can submit artworks across all mediums.
📍This award is non-acquisitive.

The full T&C's will be available when entries open in July.

Stay tuned for more announcements this week! 💙

25/06/2024

25/06/2024

Molly at the Robe Library doing a B.I.G. Bluey puzzle.

The Children’s Reading Nook is a great place to take the kids in all sorts of weather.

We have books, colouring in pages, puzzles and even cosy couches and cuddly sea creatures!

24/06/2024

📚 No story corner class today but see you all next week for stories and rhyming from 10.30! 📚

24/06/2024

Head out to Sandy Lane this weekend to see the big boys compete in this SA Championship round hosted by the Robe Motorsports Club!

23/06/2024

A stage act for our country kids coming to Robe in the July school holidays!

Whack it on the calendar........all welcome

22/06/2024

Join us and the Millicent & Kingston Veterinary Clinic for the PURRFECT PETS DAY OUT!

Sunday 28 July 2024 at the Robe Institute & Foreshore

9.00am - Join us for a morning walk with your pet on a lead to raise awareness for Safe Pets Safe Families, departing from the Robe Foreshore. Donations will be accepted on the day.

10.00am to 12noon - Take part in pet education sessions with your FREE morning coffee at the Robe Institute.

🐈 Pet education from the team at the Millicent & Kingston Veterinary Clinic
🐩 Information about Dogs & Cats Online registrations and Pet Management
🐈‍ FREE Microchipping available for CATS in the Robe area, limited spaces available, please phone 8767 2516 to book your place
🐕‍🦺 FREE COFFEE for the humans & FREE DOG TREATS for the Dogs

Millicent Veterinary Clinic Safe Pets Safe Families - Keeping people & pets together

21/06/2024

20/06/2024

Yesterday the staff and volunteers at the Robe Library & Visitor Info Centre headed out on a Mini Famil.

We started with a beverage and treat from Mahalia Coffee. Their Robe Store is honestly like an Aladdin’s Cave and of course I came home with another new pottery mug but could have snaffled much much more. Thankyou Mahalia.

Our major destination was the Duckaroo Wildlife Rescue Centre on Bog Lane. Narelle is a native animal saviour and we were treated to a hands on up close and personal experience with baby wombats and roos, and were able to pat possums, sugar gliders and a tawny frogmouth. We checked out owls, teenage roos and wallabies and even wallaroos.

In SA you need a permit to keep a lot of our native animals and many can never be released. Duckaroo is a haven for orphans from road accidents, with many midnight calls and drop offs.

We were happy to leave a donation to go towards their animal food bill which is the norm. You can visit Duckaroo by appointment and it all helps the Wildlife Rescue keep the animal care going.

Back to Robe for a bit of accommodation exploring. We were guests of Nada and Matthew from Robe Central Motel, recently new managers, where we were showed a wide range of rooms which were fresh and absolutely neat as a pin.

Next across the road to the Robe Hotel where we checked out their balcony ensuite rooms with the best ocean view.

Down the street to Sicurio, the ex-Bank SA office which has been renovated exquisitiely and has the only roof top balcony I know of in Robe. It belongs to the Happyshack portfolio and Manager Deb Mackey gave us insight into their boutique holdings.

Tourism Business in Robe does constantly change and evolve, and keeping up to date is what we need to do.

Did I tell you I cuddled a baby wombat!!!

20/06/2024

South Australian tourism operators, do you have a unique winter offering that you want featured on southaustralia.com?

It's not too late to submit your wintery experiences and offers to your Australian Tourism Data Warehouse (ATDW) listing to be featured on the deals & offers page being promoted to key local and national markets as part of our ‘Winter. Our Way.’ campaign.

This is a way to showcase experiences that you can only offer in the cooler months – think wintery events, cold-climate produce, winter wildlife encounters, and cosy accommodation features.

To find out more about how to leverage our domestic marketing campaign which runs until the end of August and how to submit, head to https://tourism.sa.gov.au/support/campaigns/travel-our-way

19/06/2024

We continue on with our Staff & Volunteer Snapshot and this time we have Mary Weir, a valuable volunteer.

Your Name: Mary

What is your role at the Robe Library & Visitor Information Centre? Volunteer.

What do you like about your job? Communicating with all and the fun & laughs. Listening to folk come in and comment about our library/info centre and how lovely it all is. Lonny and the staff do an amazing job.

What don’t you like about your job? Nothing!

What do you like about Robe? Just an excellent little town to be involved in.

What would you like to see happen at the Robe Library & VIC? As far as I can see, what is being done here is excellent. School involvement, town involvement and so much information for tourists.

What would you like to see happen for tourism in Robe? The entrance to Robe is a concern for me. Personally I think it makes a bad impression as you drive into town from Kingston. And it worries me that there are so many businesses empty.

Name something about yourself that not too many people would know? My mother almost had me convinced I was special and to my horror I found out I wasn't!!!

What footy team do you barrack for? West Coast Eagles

And finally….what would you do if you found a penguin in the freezer….. Cook it..

Jeepers Mares, we think your Mum was definitely on the money....you are an absolute cracker and great company to be around. We love having you as a volunteer at the Robe Library & VIC.

17/06/2024

Some great community events this week.

Rug up and get out there peoples....

16/06/2024

Embrace Kids Empower Adult Workshop here in Robe.

A collaboration between The Fitness Hub and South Coast Cinema.

Book your seats....

15/06/2024

Have you ever done the walk to Lake Eliza via Big Dip Lake in the Little Dip National Park south of Robe?

It's a nice stroll....

13/06/2024

Photos courtesy of John Nunan of Lake Butler.

10/06/2024

Some great podcasts about the amazing local talent we have here in Robe…

Listen to my conversation with local identity ‘Yoga Pam’ in which we explore the ingredients of a happy, peaceful life. From Pam’s discovery of to her very daunting first class, you’ll love joining us for a laugh. Head to Spotify, Apple Podcasts and wherever you find your favourite podcasts. https://open.spotify.com/episode/0Mfyfgt9VGThYaZjfZlTmv?si=lezK9bMMRKSnIK0OMJ4hfg

10/06/2024

What's coming up in ole Robetown....

09/06/2024

Sundays...

08/06/2024

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08/06/2024

Exploring the beautiful town of Robe....