Seniors Week 2023
Published on 10 October 2023
Senior Launceston residents are being encouraged to make the most of Seniors Week 2023 between Monday October 16 and Sunday October 22.
The City of Launceston has worked to include a number of fun activities in COTA Tasmania's full program of events for older older Tasmanians.
COTA Tasmania's full program can be found here: https://cotatas.org.au/programs/seniorsweek/
Seniors Week events within Launceston include:
Watercolouring with Coffee Workshop with Lyn Stares at the Queen Victoria Art Gallery, Royal Park
Monday October 16, 2pm to 4pm
Cost $8
Celebrate Seniors Week with a free Aquafit class at the City of Launceston Leisure & Aquatic Centre
Monday October 16, 11.15am to 12 noon
Cost Free
Mindful Movement at the Queen Victoria Art Gallery, Royal Park
Tuesday October 17, 10.30am to 11.30am
Join us in a workshop exploring mindful movement as a potential personal ritual to cope with changes in a positive way.
Cost $5
Planetarium Show 'We are Stars', at the Queen Victoria Museum, Inveresk
Tuesday October 17, 1.30pm to 2.15pm
'We are Stars' takes a deep dive into the stars and our universe
Cost Free
Planetarium Show 'Birth of Planet Earth', at the Queen Victoria Museum, Inveresk
Wednesday October 18, 1.30pm to 2.15pm
'Birth of Planet Earth'
Cost Free
My Story Suitcase: A Miniature World Workshop for seniors, at the Queen Victoria Art Gallery, Royal Park
Wednesday October 18 and Thursday October 19, 10.30am to 12.30pm
Craft a miniature world into your suitcase that represents who you are.
Cost $5
Planetarium Show 'Capcom Go!', at the Queen Victoria Museum, Inveresk
Thursday October 19, 1.30pm to 2.15pm, at the Queen Victoria Museum, Inveresk
'Capcom Go!' explores the history of NASA's human spaceflight program.
Cost Free
Healthy Ageing with Dr George Razay
Friday October 20, 11am to 12 noon, at the Northern Suburbs Community Centre, 49 George Town Road, Newnham
Dr George Razay will present on practical approaches for preventing cognitive and physical decline with ageing, and the science behind it.
Cost Free
Planetarium Show 'We are Aliens'
Friday October 20, 1.30pm to 2.15pm, at the Queen Victoria Museum, Inveresk
'We are Aliens' goes on the hunt for evidence of alien life.
Cost Free
Ink marbling workshop for seniors and grandchildren
Saturday October 21, 10.30am to 12.30pm at the Queen Victoria Art Gallery at Royal Park
QVMAG invites grandparents and grandchildren to try their hand at the ancient Japanese tcechnique of Sumini Gashi
Cost Free
Reminiscence boxes, childhood games and pasttimes at the Queen Victoria Museum, inveresk
Sunday October 22, 10.30am to 12.30pm
Explore memories of childhood games and revisit toys from a past era
Cost Free