We are delighted to announce that we have begun planning for this year's Australia Day Party. Stay tuned for more details. If you want to receive information about the party, you can become a Gudonya member on the join page.
Carols by Candlelight
Gudonya member Mani Fernández has organised a free outdoors Carols by Candlelight concert, something he misses from Australia.
Mani will bring in a truck that folds out into a stage and hot tea, coffee, punch and munchies will be available. There will also be an entertainment area for kids.
Immanuel Baptist Church, Calle Hernández de Tejada 4, Madrid
Saturday 17 December at 6 pm
Aussie Christmas Party
Gudonya would like to invite you to a family-friendly Christmas Party for the Australian Community at Platea. It’s casual, everyone is welcome, there's no entry fee, but there's plenty of food & drink available to buy. For more information visit the event page
Carlos Diaz Marquina presents new book "Paisajes de vida y de frontera"
Long time Gudonya fan and founding member of the Australian Spain Business Association, or ASBA, Carlos Díaz Marquina would like to invite Gudonya members to the launch of his new book "Paisajes de vida y de frontera" about his journey across Australia.
The event will be held at Librería De Viaje on Calle Serrano 41, Madrid, on Thursday 17 November at 8:30 p.m.
Carlos sees this an a good opportunity for the Australian community to get together and celebrate the occasion
2016 AFL Grand Final
An event has been organised to watch the 2016 AFL Grand Final today at 2 p.m.
A word of warning, it will obviously be a delayed telecast so anyone who even hints at the final result will have to buy the whole bar a round of drinks.
For more information visit our events page
Gudonya!
Australia Day continues...
Rock group The Kei have organized a bigger than Ben Hur Australia Day bash at the Irish Rover Saturday night 30 January at 10 p.m. Entrance is free.
To quote the guys there will be "lot’s of prizes, Australian products, good music and great company."
For further information visit their Facebook page
Happy Australia Day!
Happy Australia Day!
Dont forget that we have our Australia Day Celebrations at Platea tonight at 7 p.m.
All the party details are on our events page.
We hope to see you there!
Australia Day Celebrations
Gudonya would like to invite you to our family-friendly Australia Day celebrations to mark the big day.
This year it will be held at Platea, a gourmet centre on Plaza Colon. It will be a casual affair, everyone is welcome including kids, and there is no entry fee.
For those unfamiliar with the place, there will be plenty of fine food and drink to buy for a spot of dinner before heading home or onto the next venue.
For further details visit the events page.
We hope to see you there!
Rugby World Cup Final
After a long, tough tournament, Australia will face New Zealand in the Rugby World Cup Final this Saturday
If you are up for enjoying the game and hope to see the Wallabies make history, a number of us will be at Public House located in Moncloa.
For more information visit our events page
Rugby World Cup: Australia v Argentina
If you are looking for a place to see the Rugby World Cup semi-final between Australia and Argentina, we can recommend two places:
Public House, Calle Fernández de los Ríos 83, Madrid
Finnegan's Irish Pub, Plaza de las Salsas 9, Madrid
When: Sunday 25 October at 5 p.m. (be careful, daylight savings has ended!)
If Australia make the final, we will definitely all have to get together to see the big match.
AFL Grand Final & Rugby World Cup Australia v England
This Saturday 3 October is shaping up to be one of the world's biggest days in sport with the AFL Grand Final and England hosting Australia at the Rugby World Cup.
For all the details about where and when, click on the special event page
Kangaroo Meet - KEI concert
Australian-Spanish-Scottish rock band KEI have organised Australia Meet, an end-of summer party to be held this Friday at the Irish Rover.
The guys told us "everyone knows what kangaroo meat is, but the real kangaroo meet is when they get together at the end of a long hot summer to drink at a water hole. So that is exactly what we have decided to do."
That sounds like a good reason!
WHERE: The Irish Rover, Avenida de Brasil 7, Madrid
WHEN: Friday 25 September at 10 p.m.
Entry is free.
Wallabies v Fiji
Public House will show the 2015 Rugby World Cup game between Australia and Fiji in what will be the Wallabies debut at the tournament. Will Fiji be able to come back from the crushing defeat at the hands of England or will the Aussies get off to a good start?
Where: Public House, Calle Fernández de los Ríos 83, Madrid
When: Wednesday 23 September at 5:45 p.m.
UPDATE: The bar has an offer for thirsty punters. A bucket of botellines for 5 euros.
Eurovision Party
In what has been one of the most controversial decisions made by organisers, Eurovision has extended an invitation to Australia to take part in final of the European song competition on Saturday.
Gudonya will be getting together to enjoy this momentous occasion to watch Guy Sebastian to make history.
For more information please visit our event page.
ANZAC Day
We just want to remind you that Saturday is Anzac Day and the Australian Embassy has organised a ceremony together with the New Zealand Embassy.
The event will start at 9:00 a.m. and will be held at a venue outside Madrid.
Anyone interested in attending should register with the embassy by sending an email to anzac.madrid@dfat.gov.au
For more information please visit the embassy's home page.
Australian Film Festival
The Australian Film Festival, organised jointly by Casa Asia and the Australian Embassy, continues this weekend with three Aussie flicks to be shown at Cine Doré in central Madrid. The movies are:
- Animal Kingdom, Friday 24 April at 9:40 p.m.
- These Final Hours, Saturday 25 April at 7:30 p.m.
- 500 Miles, Sunday 26 April at 7:40 p.m.
The festival is being held at the Filmoteca's Cine Doré in Calle Santa Isabel, 3. Tickets are 2.50 euros.
For more information, visit Casa Asia's festival page or the Australian Embassy's festival page
Dirty Red Concert
We please to announce that we have a third event for April, a Dirty Red concert.
Aussies Jeff Callow and Richard Hart and their band will be playing this Thursday 9 April at 10 p.m. at El Callejón. Entrance is free.
The guys have informed me that they prepared a number of new songs for the performance but they still have the same old jokes.
See attached flyer below for further details
Australian Film Festival and ANZAC Day
We don't have one but two events for you in April.
AUSTRALIAN FILM FESTIVAL
Casa Asia and the Australian Embassy have organised the Australian Film Festival at Cine Doré, which begins on 10 April with "Lantana". Six films will be shown over 21 days at the Filmoteca Española's cinema in central Madrid.
Casa Asia's festival page:
Australian Embassy's festival page
ANZAC DAY
The Australian and New Zealand Embassies have organised a special event to commemorate the centenary of the ANZAC landings at Gallipoli. The event will be held at a venue on the outskirts of Madrid on 9 a.m. Saturday 25 April.
The embassy is asking for those wishing to attend to make a reservation by sending an email to anzac.madrid@dfat.gov.au
For more information please visit the embassy's home page:
Gudonya!
Wine Tasting and Tapas Evening a huge success, loads of bottles drunk
Many thanks to all those who attended the Wine Tasting and Tapas Evening: An Introduction to Wine Tasting and Spanish Wine. If the number of empty bottles is a indication of how it went, it was a huge success. For those interested, the wines we tasted were:
2014 Perro Verde Verdejo
2012 Bodegas Castaño Hécula
2014 Ostatu Tinto
2011 La Multa Garnacha
Also many thanks to Chema and his team at El Colmado for the great service and for having such a wonderful tavern.
Now it's time to start planning our next event!
Wine Tasting and Tapas Evening
As requested by numerous members, we have organised a wine tasting and tapas evening on Friday 27 February. Being the first ever wine event we have organised for Gudonya and considering the range of people who have already expressed interest in attending, the evening will begin with a brief introduction to wine tasting, which will be followed by four wines that represent Spain well. Theory and practice. The evening will finish with a range of lovely tapas for dinner, during which we can discuss food and wine matching.
For more information, visit our events page.