festivals

Summer in North American and Europe is winter in Australia, which makes it off-season in the country, which can get chilly in June, July and August (but certainly not freezing, especially by North American standard). While most tourists who head to Australia flock to Sydney, Melbourne is also very much worth a visit, and there is a ton to see […]

Explore Melbourne for Arts, Culture and Events

 in Melbourne  tagged art / festivals / Melbourne / street art / winter
Following in the footsteps of other fringe festivals, most notably the enormous Edinburgh Fringe in Scotland, the Melbourne Fringe Festival has grown incredibly from its modest roots in 1983 as an alternative to the Moomba Festival, into one of the biggest and most anticipated events on the entire Melbourne culture calendar. The Melbourne Fringe now runs for 3 weeks from […]

Melbourne Fringe Festival

 in Melbourne  tagged festivals / Melbourne
The Easter Celebrations in Lightning Ridge are one of the must do outrageous country town festivals. Right up there with the Parkes Elvis Festival, Lightning Ridge has made a name for itself with their annual Great Goat Race! Accomodation– Motels book out a year in advance- so start calling now! If you don’t mind camping or staying a bit out […]

Lightning Ridge, Easter Celebration Tips #3 Food and Accomodation

 in Accommodation / Festivals & Events / New South Wales / Planning a Trip  tagged Accommodation / festivals / Festivals amp; Events / Festivals & Events / Goat Race / Lightning Ridge / New South Wales / Planning a Trip
Legs 11 http://www.legseleven.com.au/ 27 October –The Domain- $74 plus booking Support Breast Cancer and have an upmarket festival experience- Sarah Blasko, Tex Perkins Homebake http://www.homebake.com.au/ 2 December- The Domain- already sold out Festival of the Sun http://www.fotsun.com/ 15-16 December- Port Macquarie- $95 Augie March, The beautiful girls and more- laid back and you can camp on site! Peats Ridge– http://www.peatsridgefestival.com.au/home.asp […]

Achtung! Upcoming Music Festivals!

 in Festivals & Events / Places to Go  tagged big day out / concerts / festivals / Festivals amp; Events / Music festivals / Places to Go