Six things to do on the Border this weekend, July 17-18, 2021

Albury Wodonga Farmers Market, Gateway Village, Wodonga, Saturday, July 17, 8am to noon

Plan your meals for the week ahead and then hit up the Albury Wodonga Farmers Market. Make light work of gathering quality protein and produce. Check out RAD Growers, who will offer organically-grown, shootless garlic. The Bungowannah venture has been growing its seed stock for the past five years. It is the first year the long-storing, spicy-flavoured beauty has been available to the public. The market has sanitiser and a QR code for check-in. Takeaway coffee and food only.

LISTEN UP

Tones and I debut album release, available on all streaming platforms

Global superstar Tones And I has released her anxiously-awaited debut album Welcome to the Madhouse. Available on all streaming platforms, her first full-length record details an intimately honest and vivid journey from busking at Byron Bay to international stardom, to saying goodbye to her best friend. Tones and I weaves it all together into a magnetic 14-track collection written entirely by the Australian artist with her co-producing every song.

WATCH UP

Melbourne International Film Festival, streaming on SBS on Demand, all day (and night) long, BYO popcorn

Why not have your own international movie marathon? SBS has taken the hard work out of it. Check out the Melbourne International Film Festival line-up on SBS on Demand. Twelve feature films cover genres ranging from drama and comedy to fantasy and culture. Titles include Kuessipan, Happy as Lazzaro, Chevalier, Strange Colours and I Am Not a Witch. Pass the popcorn!

READ UP

Heroes of Black Summer, Albury launch, Dymocks, Sunday, July 18, 11.30am-12.30pm

Border author Craig Sheather will launch his co-written children's book Heroes of Black Summer. Together with Kylie Miller, Sheather focuses on the Gippsland bushfires. It's at bookshops or australiangeographic.com.au

WALK UP

Wagirra Trail and Yindyamarra Sculpture Walk, Albury

Jump on the Wagirra Trail and enjoy a leisurely walk along the banks of the Murray River. The 15 kilometre (return) Murray River pathway links Wonga Wetlands with the South Albury Trail. The two-metre wide walking and cycling pathway meanders through Albury's riverside parks.

DRINK UP*

Nomad Events now stocks wine, order online at nomadevents.com.au

Wodonga maker of pretty cocktails Nomad Events now stocks wine. It's added 2018 Rutherglen Shiraz and 2017 Beechworth Chardonnay to its beautifully-branded range. Visit nomadevents.com.au to find out when they're next delivering. *drink responsibly, obviously!

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