WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Kings Park Festival 2010
Sep 1st - 30th 2010
Location: Perth
The annual Kings Park Festival has blossomed into a month long celebration that includes an intensive program of events throughout wildflower September. Famous for the colourful displays of native wildflowers throughout the Botanic Garden, the festival also provides a delightful range of community activities to suit all ages and interests. Choose from a variety of gardening and art workshops, take a guided wildflower and bird walk, ‘meet an artist’ at the Aspects of Kings Park retail gallery, enjoy free live musical and theatrical entertainment in the Botanic Garden, take a stroll through the Wildflower Marketplace and much, much more.
Since it’s inception in 1965, the Kings Park Festival has grown to become a highly anticipated and celebrated event in Western Australia, showcasing the very best in native flora and providing family friendly entertainment to the local community.
The 2011 Perth ISAF Sailing World Championships
December 3rd – 18st 2011
Location: Fremantle
The 2011 ISAF Sailing World Championships - the biggest sailing Event to be held in Perth since the 1987 America's Cup Defence - More than 4,000 official personnel, including 1,400 sailors, and tens of thousands of spectators are expected to visit Western Australia for the two-week Regatta, where World Champions for each of the 10 Olympic sailing events will be determined. Seventy five per cent of all nations to participate at the 2012 London Olympic Games Sailing Competition will be decided at Perth 2011.
TASMANIA
Festival of Voices
Wed, 07 Jul - Sun, 11 Jul 2010
Location: Hobart
Festival of Voices brings the world of singing to Hobart in the heart of winter. The Festival features around 40 events over 5 days. Each year we invite the finest international and national choral teachers to lead master classes and workshops, and to perform in major concerts with choirs and singers from across Australia.
Festival highlights include the Festival Bonfire and Big Sing, the Festival Club in Salamanca Place and the Festival Finale Concert in Hobart's Federation Concert Hall. More than 10,000 people attend concerts and events all within walking distance of Hobart's historic waterfront and CBD.
Festival of Voices is inclusive, non-competitive and affordable. National and local choirs from all over Australia and beyond choose the Festival as a vibrant opportunity to learn new repertoire and skills, to perform and to celebrate. Come with your choir, with friends, or come alone - everyone is welcome.
Whether you're an experienced chorister or a keen novice, in 2010 this is your opportunity to work with the world's finest teachers in a cappella, gospel, opera choir or music for youth. In 2010 all adult workshops are also accredited with the University of Tasmania. We offer special workshops for teachers of music and the creative arts.
This winter in Tasmania discover the warm world of singing, plus the many delights of Hobart - heritage architecture, fine food and wine, delightful accommodation and the beauty of winter in the south.
Tasmanian Beerfest
November 13th 2010
Location: Hobart
Come and sample over 100 boutique brews. Expose your taste buds to a range of beers from our local Tasmanian breweries, across Australia and worldwide. Come and relax on comfortable seating and enjoy a premium beer and food matched experience with guest speakers such as Chuck Hahn - Lion Nathan Michael Brigss- Iron House Brewery, Ashley Huntington- 2 Meter Tall, Owen Johnson- Moo Brew, Lindsay Bourke- Taveners Boutique Brewery and more... The Tasmanian Beerfest mission is to educate the beer-loving public about the joys of craft beer; as well as promote pride in supporting Tasmanian beverage and food producers. The day will provide you with the opportunity to taste a range of beers from your old favourites and to challenge yourself in trying new ones. Where else will you have someone crack open a beer for you just so you can have a taste?
NEW SOUTH WALES
Bitter and Twisted International Boutique Beer Festival
November 6th – 7th 2010
Location: Maitland
How will you escape into Maitland Gaol over the first full weekend in November? Some people are going to serious twisted measures to attend the best damn beer festival!
Bitter and Twisted International Boutique Beer Festival will be held inside the walls of the ex-maximum security prison. Weekend detention will include over 50 craft beers, a nationally recognised entertainment line-up and the best prison food you'll find!
People everywhere are doing anything they can to get into the Gaol… what's your escape plan?
Sydney Autumn Festival
December 3rd – 5th 2010
Location: Young
Young is the place to be during the cherry season. Young receives thousands of visitors from Australia and beyond during the festival, providing the opportunity to the community of Young – also known as the Cherry Capital of Australia – to celebrate not only the cherry season and harvest (November-December), but the strong sense of pride that exists within the town.
Highlights of the National Cherry Festival include a street parade, the Cherry Queen Ball and Crowning, Celtic Tattoo, Cherry Festival Carnival, Bush Poets, markets and stalls and much more. There are also many fringe events being held in the build up to the main festival
VICTORIA
Toast to the Coast
Oct 30th -31st 2010
Location: Various locations across the Surf Coast, Bellarine and Moorabool Shire
Celebrate Geelong's premium cool climate wines and regional produce at the annual Toast to the Coast Festival.
Tour the vineyards and wineries to sample award winning wines, local produce, gourmet food and enjoy live entertainment and music across the Region.
Take a wine master-class, enjoy cooking lessons in the great outdoors or enjoy twilight jazz or a guided vineyard stroll.
From Bellarine Peninsula and the Surf Coast, across to the Moorabool Valley and throughout Geelong, our wineries invite you to raise your glasses and Toast to the Coast.
So be sure to keep the 30th and 31st of October 2010 free in your diary for two days of fun, food and wine amongst the vines.
Australian Open - The Grand Slam of Asia/Pacific
Jan 17th -30th 2011
Location: Melbourne Park
A record crowd of 653,860 attended Australian Open 2010.
The attendance smashed the previous record by nearly 50,000 in a fortnight of tennis that dominated the world sporting spotlight and eclipsed many of the historical marks for the Grand Slam of Asia-Pacific.
American Serena Williams won her fifth Australian Open title, defeating Justin Henin, and a dream final line up in the men’s draw saw world No.1 Roger Federer battling it out with world No.4 Andy Murray for the first Grand Slam title of the year.
It couldn’t seem to get any bigger. But it does.
Because in 2011, the Australian Open is about to go to ‘A whole new level’!
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QUEENSLAND
Power Boat Spectacular
November 6th – 8th 2010
Location: Bundaberg
The Wide Bay Australia Bundy Thunder Power Boat Spectacular is Queensland's biggest power boat race meeting. On show on Friday there will be a display of boats, plus a Meet and Greet with the Drivers, and an Official Welcome. Sandy Hook is transformed with temporary infrastructure for the spectacular. This includes two spacious pit areas, on-site catering and bar facilities, children’s rides and grandstand seating. There is a large free car-parking area, and much more. Bring a picnic blanket and fold-up chairs, hat and sunscreen, and experience the excitement of Australia's best power boat racing and lunchtime display entertainment.
The Ingham Wings and Wheels Airshow
Sep 3rd - 4th 2011
Location: Ingham Airport
The Ingham Wings and Wheels Airshow will feature all aspects of aviation, from ultralights and gyrocopters to sport, commercial, vintage, military and Warbirds, together with vintage cars, restored military vehicles, motorcycles and marque cars. A two day Wings and Wheels event featuring all aspects of aviation together with restored military vehicles, motorcycles, marque car clubs, veteran and vintage cars. Daily flying programme, joy-flights, trade displays, entertainment, food and drinks on-site.
SOUTH AUSTRALIA
Bay To Birdwood Run 2010
Sep 26th - Mar 13th 2010
Location: Birdwood
On the last Sunday in September each year more than 1,500 historic vehicles line up at the start to play their part in perpetuating the legend of the Bay to Birdwood. The 2010 Run will be for vehicles manufactured before 31 December 1955.
The sun will not yet have risen over the Adelaide Hills when the very first vehicles start arriving at Adelaide Shores. It may only be 6am but the excitement will already be palpable as these marvellous veteran, vintage and early classic vehicles ready themselves for the biennial Bay to Birdwood Run.
It takes approximately one and a half hours for all entrant vehicles to depart on the route to Birdwood - give them a send off they won't forget!
The Adelaide Fringe Festival
Feb 18th2011 - Mar 13th 2011
Location: Various venues throughout Adelaide and surrounding suburbs.
The largest Fringe Festival in the southern hemisphere, the Adelaide Fringe offers a huge twist of quirky fun and frivolity - including the legendary opening night party, the Adelaide International Buskers Festival and the Fringe Family Weekend.
With more than hundreds of shows and thousands of artists taking part each year, Adelaide Fringe is not to be missed.
The Fringe traditionally begins with an opening night party in the Adelaide city centre, allowing thousands of people to sample the theatre, street entertainers and buzzing atmosphere of the event.
The Adelaide Fringe originated in 1960 as a movement of artists who performed and operated outside the main Adelaide Festival of Arts program, but during the festival time frame, the Fringe has grown over the years to become one of South Australia's most loved events.
See the Adelaide Fringe website for your full, detailed program of comedy, music, performance art, visual arts and more.
www.adelaidefringe.com.au
NORTHERN TERRITORY
The Darwin Cup Carnival 2010
Jul 3rd - Aug 2nd 2010
Location: Fannie Bay Racecourse
The Darwin Cup Carnival officially kicks off on Saturday 3 July 2010 and culminates in the running of the Darwin Cup on Monday 2 August 2010. The program also features Ladies Day, where the ladies can show off their finery and enjoy a sumptuous luncheon and a glass of bubbly.
The picturesque Fannie Bay Racecourse track is one of only a few dirt tracks in operation on the circuit, and the Darwin Cup Day witnesses 19,000 people bursting the rails.
Dress up, dress casual or come in fancy dress, this is a racing carnival not to be missed.
Darwin Beer Can Regatta
August 8th 2010
Location: Darwin
A regatta like no other, with boats primarily built entirely from aluminium beer cans. This annual family event is rapidly becoming a spectacle for all who line Mindil Beach and cheer on the home-made boats of cans and cartons, as they flounder and sink in the shallows. The Darwin Beer Can Regatta started as an unusual by-product of the devastation caused to Darwin by Cyclone Tracy in 1974.
