There
are a lot of Australian
Celebrations throughout the year.
Australians are happy and festive people, and the warm climate
in Australia
allows us to celebrate all year around.
Here are some Australian
celebrations, festivals and events that get us together at
various times of the year.
Sydney New Year. Poster by
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Australian Festivals in January
In JANUARY, it is summer and we celebrate Big Day Out - a huge
open-air rock
concert a day each in Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Perth and the Gold
Coast; Australian
Country Music
Festival in Tamworth in New South Wales; Midsumma Festival -
Melbourne’s
yearly gay festival, from Mid-January to mid-February; and Chinese New Year
in Sydney.
On the 26 January which was the day when the First Fleet
arrived from England and Captain Arthur Phillip docked his boats in the
Circular Quay in Sydney, Australians all over the country celebrate Australia Day.
Sydney New Year. Poster by AllPosters. Click on thumbnail
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Australian Celebrations in February
FEBRUARY's festivities are International
Surfing Competition on Bells
Beach; Adelaide Festival
from
mid-February to mid-March in
Adelaide;
and Australia's oldest cultural festival - Festival
of Perth in mid-February to mid-March in Perth.
There's also the
colourful gay festival, Mardi
Gras,
in Sydney; and the Tropfest,
which is a short film festival held in Sydney, Melbourne,
Canberra,
Brisbane,
Perth
and Hobart
in the last Sunday in February.
Adelaide Festival Square. Poster by AllPosters. Click on
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March Festivals in Australia
In MARCH, autumn begins and we celebrate St Patrick’s Day on
the 17 March
with that green beer; but there are also the Australian
Formula One Grand Prix in Melbourne;
Targa
Tasmania - a six-day exotic car rally on 2000km of roads
in Tasmania;
and Ten Days on the
Island - a
Tasmanian
cultural festival, celebrated in odd-numbered years.
Melbourne Moomba Festival. By AllPosters. Click on
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Australian Celebrations in
April
In APRIL, there are the Royal
Easter
Show in Sydney; International
Flower and Garden Show in Melbourne (five days during the
Easter); Melbourne
International
Comedy Festival during the first three weeks of April; and
ANZAC Day on
25 April which is
celebrated all over the country.
Melbourne festival. Poster by AllPosters. Click on
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Australian Celebrations in May
In MAY, there are the Australian
Celtic Festival in Glen Innes; the
Italian Festival
in Ingham; and
the Sorry Day
on the 26 May
when we acknowledge the suffering of Aboriginal
people from the last century’s
Aboriginal
stolen generation.
Festival of Light Sydney. Poster
by AllPosters.
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June Festivals in Australia
In JUNE, it is winter and we celebrate Darling
Harbour Jazz Festival in
Sydney (mid-June to mid-July); the Aboriginal
Dance
Festival in Laura
in Cape
York (every second year); Sydney
Film Festival
and Melbourne Film
Festival
(both during two weeks in
the middle of June).
Aboriginal dance. Poster by AllPosters. Click on thumbnail
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Australian Festivals in July
It's mid-winter in JULY and we celebrate Yulefest in the Blue
Mountains National Park west of Sydney; Cairns
Show in Cairns;
Naidoc Week,
- National
Aboriginal and
Islander Day of Celebration; and Alice
Springs Camel Cup in Alice
Springs during the last weekend in July.
Sydney surf race. Poster by AllPosters. Click on thumbnail
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Australian Celebrations in August
AUGUST is often the coldest month in Australia when we celebrate City
Surf Race in Sydney (which is a race from the city to
Bondi
Beach on second
Sunday in August); Shinju
Matsuri
Festival in Broome
- a pearl festival in last weekend in
August; Almond Blossom
Festival
in Mount Lofty; and the biggest rodeo
in Australia - Mount Isa
Rodeo
last weekend in August in Mount
Isa
in the outback
Queensland.
Mt Isa Rodeo. Poster by AllPosters. Click on thumbnail to
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September Festivals in Australia
In SEPTEMBER,
the weather starts warming up and we celebrate Festival of the Winds
on
Bondi Beach in Sydney (second Sunday in September); Royal Melbourne
Show (last two weeks in September); the funny Henley on Todd Regatta
(last weekend of September) in Alice
Springs; Australian
Rugby League
Grand Final
(last weekend in September) in Sydney; and Australian Football League
Grand Final on last Saturday in September in Melbourne.
Lygon Street. Poster by AllPosters. Click on thumbnail to
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Australian Festivals in October
In OCTOBER, the spring is truly here and we celebrate Lygon Street
Fiesta - Melbourne’s Italian Festival; Tulip Festival in
Bowral (first
two weeks in October) in New
South Wales; Leura
Garden Festival
in Blue
Mountains; as well as Melbourne
Writers Festival;
Melbourne Marathon
(first
weekend in October in Melbourne); Carnival
of
Flowers in Toowoomba in Queensland;
and the famous Floriade
during
the
first three weeks of October in Canberra.
Melbourne Cup. Poster by AllPosters. Click on thumbnail to
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Australian Celebrations in November
In NOVEMBER, it's getting really hot and we celebrate Rose
Festival (first two weeks in November) in Benalla in Victoria;
Great Mountain Race of
Victoria
(first Saturday in November) in
Mansfield; Maldon Folk
Festival
(first weekend in November); and Melbourne
Cup on the first Tuesday in November.
Christmas in Australia. Poster by AllPosters. Click on
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December Festivals in Australia
In DECEMBER, it's all about Christmas
and the celebrations include
Carols by Candlelight
in the
bigger cities on Christmas Eve; Australian
Christmas Celebrations on Christmas Day; Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race
and the Cricket Test
Match in Melbourne
on the Boxing Day (26 December); and the New Years Celebrations all
over the country, but one to recommend is the New Years Eve in Sydney
Harbour with fireworks on the Harbour Bridge and lots of picnickers
having a drink and watching the fireworks from surrounding parks - it's
absolutely beautiful.
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