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The White Hat Guide to Major Events in Australia
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Birdsville Races
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This iconoc outback event is known as much for its socialising as it is for its horse racing. White Hat recommends that if you only have time to asttend one major event in the outback that you should consider this one. Once a year the remote town of Birdsville on the Birdsville Track comes alive with visitors from all over the outback as well as the rest of Australia. Don't expect acres of clipped lawns or delicately manicured roses, but do expect some hearty outback good cheer. |
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Gympie Music Muster
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This annual event has been running for more than two decades and is one of
the major country music events in Australia. It is also the largest
not-for-profit charity event of its type in Australia. Each year features a
number of headline acts as well as emerging artists and ordinary talented people
for whom singing and performing is just a natural extension of their everyday
lives. If you are thinking of going, White Hat strongly recommends that you try
to make time to get up there and camp before the festival, because teh
pre-festival campground atmosphere is one of the things that makes this event
particularly special. Full details at
Gympie Muster.
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Australian Brandenburg Orchestra - Bach Eternal
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them , Bach and Handel wrote some of the most glorious choral music of the
Baroque period. Much of it involves collaboration with the orchestra which
sometimes the voices taking the lead and at others the instruments. White Hat
suggests that you are most likely to hear and appreciate this interplay when
period instruments are used at a high standard as you can be assured will happen
when the Brandenburg Choir joins with the
Australian
Brandenburg Orchestra under Artistic Director and conductor Paul Dyer
7pm Wed 9, Fri 11, Wed 16, Fri 18, Sat 19 May; 2pm Sat 19 May
2012, City Recital
Hall, Angel Place, Sydney |
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Enquiries & bookings: 1300 782 856 |
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Echuca Steam, Horse and Vintage Rally
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A White Hat favourite, this magnificent display of steam traction engines and wagons, portable steam engines, early farm machinery, vintage and classic cars and motorcycles. Also a variety of family entertainment. More information about this
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9th & 10th June 2012 (tbc) |
Rotary Park, Echuca
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Enquiries: 1800 804 446 |
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Carols by Candlelight
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An event that has become a popular part of the Melbourne calendar |
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Forthcoming Events
These events are ones which have run in the past and we expect to run in the future. As yet we do not have confirmed details, dates and contact details. To be informed of those details when they become available you can subscribe to our newsletter "Great things to do in Melbourne".
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Annual East Coast International Blues and Roots Festival
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The largest Festival of Blues & Roots music held in the southern hemisphere, with over 5 nights and 4 days of non-stop music on 4 stages daily. Artists confirmed to appear to date include: George Clinton Parliament/Funkadelic, Solomon Burke, Bebel Gilberto, John Lee Hooker Jr., Michael Franti & Spearhead, Kasey Chambers, The Cat Empire, Janis Ian, George Thorogood, Luka Bloom and Desmond Dekker. |
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Australian Formula 1 Grand Prix
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Internation Formula 1 car racing. Also Formula 3, V8 Supercars.and a range of other events. Go along and soak up the action. |
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Australian International Airshow
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The largest airshow in the Southern Hemisphere, this biennial event brings aircrafts from all over the world to Avalon Airport. The initial days are for the trade and the public events commence on the Friday evening.. Full details at www.airshow.net.au. |
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Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix
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Showcasing the world's best motorcycle riders at this picturesque circuit. |
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Australian Open Tennis Championships
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The Australian Open attracts the world's best tennis players and over 500 000 spectators over the fortnight making it the highest attended annual sporting event in Australia. It is the first grand slam tennis event for the calendar year. |
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Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show
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The Melbourne International Flower & Garden Show is now regarded as the largest and most successful horticultural event in the Southern Hemisphere. |
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Port Fairy Folk Festival
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Workshops, concerts and stalls. The Port Fairy Folk Festival usually sells out well in advance, so White Hat advises that you should book early. |
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The Man From Snowy River Bush Festival
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Inspired by Banjo Paterson's
famous poem The Man from Snowy
River, this festival features a street parade, craft and trade markets,
concert, performances, exhibitions, food and a Jack Riley's Ride celebrating
Jack Riley, claimed to be the original Man from
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Wangaratta Festival of Jazz
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Australia's premier jazz event featuring a wide array of jazz and blues styles. Includes the Black Tie Jazz Ball, Free Stage, National Jazz Awards and Cup Eve Concert. |
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These events are ones which have run in the past and we expect to run in the future. As yet we do not have confirmed details, dates and contact details. To be informed of those details when they become available you can subscribe to our newsletter "Great things to do in Melbourne". |
White Hat works hard
to make information on these pages current and correct. However with
many thousands of entries, much of it changing daily, errors may occur.
Always verify the information by using the phone numbers supplied with
each event or venue before making a special trip or using this
information for any other purpose. If you believe some information is
incorrect, please contact us at
corrections@whitehat.com.au
and we will attempt to verify or change the information
DISCLAIMER: White Hat makes no claim as
to the accuracy of this information and takes no responsibility for
incorrect or incomplete information
or for actions based on the information in these pages, and accepts no
liability to any person or organisation for the information contained in
these pages.
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TOURISM NEWS
Qantas In Flight Magazine chooses
White Hat
Cemetery Tour as its featured Australian tour for May
There are many fine historical tours
throughout Australia including cemetery tours. From these, the
prestigious Qantas In Flight Magazine has chosen the White Hat Tour
of Melbourne Cemetery as its featured Australian tour for the May
2007 edition. This tour was also featured by ABC radio on 24 May and
will feature in a documentary series on Burke and Wills to be shown
on European television in 2008. The tour has been operating for many years and has won
praise from a wide range of sources. This is not a dry and stuffy
tour but in keeping with all White Hat offerings it is Informed,
Intelligent, Independent (and occasionally) Irreverent. You can find
details of the tour at White
Hat Tour of Melbourne Cemetery and view the article at
Qantas In Flight Magazine. |
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