Swiss Festival Australia Inc.

10/12/2025

** Small update about our Swiss Festival in 2026 **

Our new CONFIRMED date is Saturday the 8.8.26 and we are thrilled to be back at Seaworks in Williamstown!

If you are interested in participating as a volunteer, entertainer or stallholder, please send us a PM and somebody from our team will get back to you.

Have an amazing Christmas if you are celebrating and a big thank you from us for your ongoing support!

15/11/2025

A Swiss Gruyère AOP cheese was crowned the world's best cheese at the World Cheese Awards 2025, held only a few days ago in Bern, Switzerland. The prestigious international competition brought together more than 5,000 participants from 45 countries.

Being in Australia doesn't mean you have to miss out! Grab some Gruyere from two of our SF25 stall holders:

Alpine Express https://www.alpineexpress.com.au/ (online)
or
Wursthuette https://www.wursthutte.com.au/ in Melbourne.

Bon apetit!

18/10/2025

ART EXHIBITION: UNDER HER SKIN #7 BY EDMOND THOMMEN – November 6-24, 2025 @ M2 Gallery Surry Hills Sydney.

How to describe the photos by Swiss/Australian photographic artist Edmond Thommen?

Mysterious. Intriguing. Moody. Unpredictable. Sensual. Different. Unique. Fascinating. And very beautiful.

You have to look closely sometimes till the photograph releases a recognisable shape of a female figure hidden behind a veil of flowers or autumn leaves, a very special effect of blending images.

Many artists using photography offer limited edition prints of various numbering, but Edmonds photos are one-off works, unique pieces, like a painting or a sculpture.

Being at the gallery in person during the exhibition is the best way of introducing his work, to answer all the various questions. He can explain techniques and talk about the creative process.

To get some impressions of his work and especially what is shown during this particular exhibition, the members of the Swiss Alliance Australia could have a look at the exhibition catalogue: https://tinyurl.com/3phvp9wh

He lives in Maroubra, Sydney and can be contacted by email on [email protected].

11/09/2025

LOOKING FOR GREAT AIRFARE DEALS?
SINGAPORE AIRLINES have just released their 2026 promotional fares! Don't miss out!

Singapore Airlines have released their 2026 Early Bird promotional fares that are for sale from 10 September 2025 to 30 September 2025!

Some of the key destinations and all-inclusive fares ex Melbourne in AUD are:
Singapore: Economy 832 / Business 3902
Phuket: Economy 843 / Business 4053
Brussels: Economy 1497 / Business 7523
London (LGW): Economy 1609 / Business 8972

More Early Bird fares will be available to alternative destinations across their network.

Sales dates: 10 September 2025 to 30 September 2025
Travel dates: 19 January 2026 – 13 September 2026 (blackout periods apply)

VALUE ADDS:
1. 50% Bonus KrisFlyer frequent flyer miles to selected destination across Europe for all cabin classes.
2. Unlock Early Bird exclusive perks with Pelago including a complimentary 1GB eSIM, discounts on Travel Passes, and other travel experiences.

check this link for more:
https://www.singaporeair.com/en_UK/au/plan-travel/local-promotions/australia/early-bird-deals-2025/?utm_source=swiss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=swp_sqau_sep25_earlybird

16/08/2025

We would love to acknowledge our web designer FLUX CREATIVE who has been absolutely amazing to work with. Professional set up of the website, last minute additions, 24/7 support whenever possible. If you are after someone to manage your Marketing/Design & Development, we can't recommend them highly enough. We are excited to work with them even more closely for SF26!

Marketing | Design | Development

Flux Creative is a multi-disciplined design, development and communication studio that has been operating for over 25 years. We create brands and identities, develop digital and print communications, market and optimise websites, build marketing promotional campaigns and design print collateral, vehicle liveries, uniforms, packaging and much more. All across a wide range of industry sectors and channels.

We are passionate about what we do and make sure it is reflected in the questions we ask, the strategy we create and the final solutions we develop.

We use a holistic approach to marketing. Our strategies involve reaching and engaging customers across multiple channels and/or platforms such as websites, search engines SEO, Google and Meta Ads - PPC, PPM, email, social media, mobile apps and offline channels like direct mail, events, and in-store promotions.

We analyse KPIs to measure the effectiveness and the Return On Investment (ROI) of all marketing efforts.

Get in touch to organise a meeting with one of our senior consultants.

Website www.fluxcreative.com.au / instagram: link in bio

Flux Creative

15/08/2025

THANK YOU TO KYBURZ,
our SF2025 event partner.

Your involvement in and presence at this year's festival was highly appreciated!

We especially loved hearing about all the "aha" moments when visitors realized that the Aussie Post EV (DXP 300) was "made in Switzerland.... (cue Eurovision song)"!

For those of you who missed talking to the KYBURZ crew during SF25, you can sign up to their "Hauszeitung" / "House magazine" (company newsletter) and stay informed as to what this innovative Swiss company is up to both in Australia and in Europe.

And who knows... they might be back for SF 2026!

There is a German and an English version 😊 Links are below!
https://kyburz-switzerland.ch/de/hauszeitung
https://kyburz-switzerland.ch/en/house-magazin

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13/08/2025

A GIFT FROM KIESER SPOTSWOOD FOR ALL OF YOU FESTIVAL GOERS!

We had so much fun at the Swiss festival this year. We hope you all did too, and had either your blood pressure or grip strength checked, or had a go on our F3.1 Lumbar extension lower back strengthening machine! This machine has a significant amount of evidence behind it's ability to help lower back pain sufferers.

So, if anyone was interested in coming into the clinic for a tour, or indeed interested in having an initial assessment to see how Kieser can help you, please don't hesitate to reach out!

For all festival goers, we are happy to honour a ½ price initial assessment with a physiotherapist!

As Werner Kieser said in Zurich all of those years ago, "a strong body is key to an active life".

Be Strong, Stay Strong,

Rory Alexander"

Exercise Scientist
Regional Leader (West Melbourne) - Essendon, Spotswood & Werribee
Partner

0421468515
W: www.kieser.com.au

10/08/2025

A huge thank you to our DAYTIME RAFFLE sponsors !!

Your contributions made it possible for our visitors to win something on the day and some of the donations were beyond what we expected, just like this piece by

If you have a local business (Williamstown) or a Swiss related business and would like to donate any smaller (or bigger) prizes for 2026 - we would love to hear from you!

Thank you. Merci. Danke. Grazie. Grazia Fich.

10/08/2025

If you are after more cheese, head back to Seaworks on the 23rd of August for the "MELBOURNE CHEESE, WINE & SPIRITS FESTIVAL"!

10/08/2025

It's already been a week but we're still buzzing from a successful Swiss Festival 2025!

We counted approximately 1300 - 1400 visitors. At the busiest time, there were 525 people in the venue. About 700 sausages were sold and some food stalls sold out completely! We handed out 1000+ scavenger hunt gift bags and la Grande Recre (who were doing the kids activities) almost ran out of crafting materials.

Another big thank you to everyone for making this year truly special.

We are already planning for SF2026 which will take place on the 1st of August, at Seaworks.

If you're interested in participating as a stallholder, a volunteer or if you'd like to be involved in any way, shape or form, please do not hesitate to contact us via our socials or our website www.swissfestival.com.au

Below are a few highlights from the day! Oh, and don't forget to sign up for our newsletter to keep in the loop. https://www.swissfestival.com.au/newsletter

08/08/2025

04/08/2025

Raffle winners are announced on the website! Congratulations to the winner and thank you everybody for participating!

1st Prize: Ticket #3515 - M. W.

2nd Prize: Ticket #3556 - L. B.

3rd Prize: Ticket #3776 - A. S.

4th Prize: Ticket #3613 - J. M.

5th Prize: Ticket #0336 - O. R.

6th Prize: Ticket #0088 - P. M.

Buy Raffle Tickets from the Swiss Festival. Enter the draw for the chance to win one of our incredible prizes.