Events Calendar
Sun Herald
Sunday March 25, 2007
NORTHERN TERRITORY
AprilTiwi Islands Football & Art Sale, April 1, www.tiwiart.com.Alice Springs Cup Carnival, April 21-May 7, www.alicespringsturfclub.org.au.MayKatherine Country Music Muster, May 4-6, www.kcmm.com.au.Arafura Games, Darwin, May 12-19, www.arafuragames.nt.gov.au.JuneBarunga Festival, Barunga via Katherine, June 9-11, www.travelnt.com.Tattersall's Finke Desert Race, Alice Springs, June 9-11, www.finkedesertrace.com.au.JulyImparja Camel Cup, Alice Springs, July 14, www.camelcup.com.au.Beer Can Regatta, Darwin, July 22, www.beercanregatta.org.au.AugustDarwin Festival, August 9-26, www.darwinfestival.org.au.Henley-on-Todd Regatta, Alice Springs, August 25, www.henleyontodd.com.au.SeptemberAlice Desert Festival, September 14-23, www.alicedesertfestival.com.au. Desert Mob exhibition, Alice Springs, September 10-October 21, www.nt.gov.au/nreta.QUEENSLANDAprilRidley Polocrosse World Cup, April 23-29, Warwick, ww.polocrosse.com.au/worldcup.Australian Gospel Music Festival, Toowoomba, April 6-8, www.agmf.com.au.MayUrban Country Music Festival, Caboolture, May 4-7, www.urbancountry.com.au.Food and Wine Festival, Noosa, May 18-20, www.celebrationofaustralianfoodandwine.com.au.JuneCooktown Discovery Festival, June 8-9, phone (07) 4069 5444.Moreton Bay Seafood Festival, June 9-10, www.moretonbayseafoodfestival.com.au.JulyThe Australian Festival of Chamber Music, Townsville, July 6-15, www.afcm.com.au.Rainbow Beach Family Fishing Classic, July 20-28, www.rainbowsportsclub.com.au.AugustHervey Bay Whale Festival, August 5-13, www.herveybaywhalefestival.com.au.Airlie Beach Race Week yacht races, August 9-17, www.airliebeachraceweek.com.au.September Cycle Queensland Miles To Mooloolaba cycling event, September 1-9, www.bq.org.au. Drag racing championships, September 14-16, www.willowbank-raceway.com.au.WESTERN AUSTRALIAAprilFremantle Street Arts Festival, April 7-16, www.fremantlefestivals.com. Quit Forest car rally, Busselton,April 28-29, www.rally.com.au.MayBusselton Half Ironman, May 5, www.busseltonhalf.com. Argyle Diamonds Ord Valley Muster, May 18-June 4, www.ordvalleymuster.com.au.JuneCity of Perth Winter Arts Festival, June 1- August 31, www.winterartsfestival.com.au.Rugby Test, Perth, Wallabies v Fiji, June 9, www.rugby.com.au.JulyRevelation Perth International Film Festival, July 12-22, www.revelationfilmfest.org. Egyptian Antiquities from the Louvre exhibition, Perth, July 21-October 28, www.artgallery.wa.gov.au.AugustAustralian Safari cross-country rally, Kimberley to Perth, August 24-September 1, www.australiansafari.com.au. Multiplex Avon Descent, Northam to Perth, August 4-5, www.avondescent.com.au.SeptemberKalgoorlie-Boulder Horse Racing Carnival, September 9-15, www.kbrc.com.au. Wildflower Festival, Perth, September 27-October 1, www.bgpa.wa.gov.au/home.NEW SOUTH WALESAprilAutumn in Sydney, www.seesydney.com.au. Festival of the Blades, Hay, April 21-24, www.shearoutback.com.au.MayKings Cross Food and Wine Festival, May 6, www.kingscrossonline.com.au. Lovedale Long Lunch, Hunter Valley, May 19-20, www.lovedalelonglunch.com.au.JuneSydney Film Festival, June 8-24, www.sydneyfilmfestival.org. Port Stephens Festival of the Whales, June 1, www.portstephens.org.au/events.asp.JulyByron Bay Writers Festival, July 26-29, www.byronbaywritersfestival.com.au.Hats Off To Country Festival, Tamworth, July 5-8, www.visittamworth.com.AugustThe Sun-Herald City to Surf, Sydney, August 12, www.sunherald.com.au.The Dubbo Jazz Festival, August 10-12, www.users.bigpond.com/dubbojazz.SeptemberSpanish Quarter Festival, www.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au. Deni Ute Muster, Deniliquin, September 28-29, www.utemuster.info.AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORYAprilBalloon Fiesta, April 13-16, www.balloonfiesta.com.au.Anzac Day dawn service, Australian War Memorial, 5.30am, April 25, www.awm.gov.au.MayCollector Pumpkin Festival, May 6, www.pumpkinfestival.com.au.Canberra International Chamber Music Festival, May 4-13, www.cicmf.org.JuneRally of Canberra, June 2-3, www.roc.com.au.National Capital DanceSport Championships, June 23-24, www.pennydekauwe.com.au.JulyKanga Cup International Youth Football Tournament, July 8-14, www.kangacup.com.Canberra Pops Orchestra, July 5, www.canberratheatre.org.au.AugustFireside Festival, weekends, www.firesidefestival.com.au.Australian Science Festival, August 15-26, www.sciencefestival.com.au.SeptemberFloriade flower festival, September 15-October 14, www.floriadeaustralia.com.Old Parliament House's 80th birthday, until December 31, www.oph.gov.au.VICTORIAAprilHepburn Springs Swiss Italian Festa, April 20-April 29, www.swissitalianfesta.com. Comedy Festival, Melbourne, April 4-29, including Puppet Up! (right)www.comedyfestival.com.au.MayWarrnambool Racing Carnival, May 1-3, www.warrnamboolracing.com.au.Puffing Billy Steam Railway Great Train Race, Dandenong, May 6, www.puffingbilly.com.au.JuneMount Buller Winterfest, season opening events, June 8-11, www.mtbuller.com.au.Rutherglen Winery Walkabout, June 9-10, www.rutherglenvic.com.JulyMelbourne Design Festival, July 5-15, www.nationaldesigncentre.com.Echuca Moama's Winter Blues Festival, July 28-29, www.winterblues.com.au.AugustMelbourne Winter Masterpieces, June 30-October 7, Guggenheim Collection, www.ngv.vic.gov. au.The Age Melbourne Writers' Festival, August 24-September 2, www.mwf.com.au.SeptemberRoyal Melbourne Show, Melbourne showgrounds, September 20-30, www.royalshow.com.au.Australian Football League finals series, September 7-29, www.afl.com.au.SOUTH AUSTRALIAAprilInternational Rugby Sevens, Adelaide, April 7-8, www.sarugby.com.au.Coober Pedy Opal Festival, April 6-8, www.opalcapitaloftheworld.com.au.MayThe Great Australian Outback Cattle Drive, May 21-June 10, www.outbackencounter.com/cattledrive.JuneSouth Australian Country Music Festival and Awards, Riverland, June 1-11, www.riverlandcountrymusic.com.Loxton Historical Village Alive Day, June 10, www.loxtonhistoricalvillage.com.au.JulyAdelaide Festival of Ideas, July 5-8, www.adelaidefestival.com.au.Port Augusta Cup Day, July 15, www.racingsa.com.au.AugustSouth Australian Living Artists Festival, statewide, August 3-19, www.salafestival.com. Kadina 137th Annual Show, August 18-19, www.southaustralia.com.SeptemberRoyal Adelaide Show, September 7-15, www.adelaideshowground.com.au.Ceduna Oysterfest, September 28-30, www.ceduna.net.TASMANIAAprilThree Peaks Yacht and Mountain Race, Beauty Point to Hobart, April 6-9, www.threepeaks.org.au.Hobart Fringe Festival, April 1-8, www.hobartfringe.org.MayAgfest, Launceston, May 3-5, www.agfest.com.au.AFL, Hawthorn v West Coast Eagles, Launceston, May 26, www.aflataurorastadium.com.JuneTastings at the Top, Cradle Mountain, June 23-25, www.voyages.com.au/tastings. Antarctic Midwinter Festival, Hobart, June 15-24, www.antarctic-tasmania.info.JulyAFL, Hawthorn v Kangaroos, Launceston,July 29, www.aflataurorastadium.com.Festival of Voices, Hobart, July 5-8, www.festivalofvoices.com.au.AugustTasmania's Living Artists' Week, from August 24, www.artsatwork.com.au.Tasmanian Trout Expo, Cressy, August 25-26, www.discovertasmania.com.au.SeptemberBlooming Tasmania, statewide, www.discovertasmania.com.au. The Planets, Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra concert, Hobart, September 15, www.tso.com.au.DIRECTORYWHERE TO FIND OUT MOREtourism australia www.australia.com.QueenslandSee www.queenslandholidays.com.au or www.queenslandtravel.com or phone 138 833.New South WalesSee www.visitnsw.com.au. For bookings see www.nswholidays.com.au or phone 1300 737 222.ACTSee www.visitcanberra.com.au or phone 1300 554 114. For accommodation bookings phone 1300 733 228.VictoriaSee visitvictoria.com or phone 132 842.Western AustraliaSee www.westernaustralia.com or phone 1300 361 351South AustraliaSee www.southaustralia .com. For bookings phone 1300 655 276.Northern TerritorySee www.travelnt.com or phone 136 768.TasmaniaSee www.discovertasmania.com. For bookings see www.tastravel .com.au or phone 1300 780 867.
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