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12 - 23 March 2010
Melbourne Food and Wine Festival is a unique event promoting the quality produce, talent and lifestyle of Melbourne and the State of Victoria.  Each year the Festival attracts experts from the globe over, including celebrity chefs and famed winemakers, growers, purveyors, authors, commentators and critics who present alongside Australia's best.
For further information:
  www.melbournefoodandwine.com.au


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24 - 28 March 2010
Melbourne 
International Flower & Garden Show

Staged within the Royal Exhibition Building and surrounding south Carlton Gardens, this prestigious Show is well established in the psyche of Australians as a “must see” event.
Featuring the best landscape and floral talent that Australia has to offer along side an extensive array of garden retail products the Melbourne International Flower and Ga
rden Show is a celebration of Australian lifestyle and our great outdoors.
For further information:  Web: www.melbflowershow.com.au 

2 - 5 April 2010
Australia Post Stawell Gift
Come and discover the magic of one of the world's most famous and prestigious footraces.
Held every Easter in the small town of Stawell, three hours west of Melbourne, the Gift started 130 years ago as an athletics competition between miners in the Victorian goldfields.  Today, the Gift attracts the cream of local and international athletes who compete for the largest professional prize in the world.
For further information: www.stawellgift.com.au
 
1 - 2 May 2010
Come, drink and graze your way around the Halls Gap Recreation Reserve with the majestic Grampians National Park as the back-drop. 
For further information:
www.grampiansgrapeescape.com.au

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3 - 4 September 2010
Birdsville's busiest week of the year occurs in September. Visitors converge on this tiny outback town from all parts of Australia and the World on the first Saturday in September for the Annual XXXX Birdsville Cup Racing Carnival over two days (Friday and Saturday). The first race meeting was held in 1882 as an event for hack and stock horses with a few local spectators. The carnival now includes a 12-race program and prize money in excess of $110 000.  The XXXX Birdsville Cup is a much sought after trophy and is famous throughout the world.
For further information:  www.birdsvilleraces.com 

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11 September - 10 October 2010
Floriade
Commonwealth Park - Canberra

This year Floriade is set to rejuvenate visitors with a stunning festival that will feature more than one million blooms and fantastic entertainment depicting a Mind, Body and Soul theme.
For further information: www.floriadeaustralia.com
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8 - 23 October 2010
The Melbourne International Arts Festival is Australia's premier celebration of  of unique international and Australian attractions in the fields of dance, theatre, music, opera, visual arts, free and outdoor events.
For further information:
www.melbournefestival.com.au

 
   
29 October - 1 November 2010  
Mildura Jazz, Food & Wine Festival
With its unique blend of wineries and rugged Mallee landscapes, Mildura is always an enticing destination, but it will be simply irresistible this November when the city comes alive with jazz in the streets, in the wineries, by the river and on the paddleboats.
For further information:
www.mrimf.com.au

 

   
26 - 28 November 2010
Queenscliff Music Festival
Victoria's big day out for grown ups

Now in its 13th year, Queenscliff Music Festival is one of Australia's great festival experiences for music lovers. A family-friendly festival, Queenscliff is much loved for its depth and diversity of musical talent as well as its picturesque seaside setting. Queenscliff is located just over an hour's drive from Melbourne.
For further information:  www.qmf.net.au
     
2011 Dates to be advised
Come to Port Fairy and "seize the day!" A festival to make your year sing! Over four days Port Fairy presents the heart of the matter - a feast of exciting "roots culture" with great concerts, music, stories, sideshows, street invaders, markets, camping, dancing, singing, meeting old friends and making new ones.
With over 100 acts and more around 500 artists the festival is a vibrant and exciting cultural celebration which magically transforms the fishing village evoking tradition but looking to the future.
Stay a day, stay a week but come to the festival!
For further information: www.portfairyfolkfestival.com
 
     
2011 Dates to be advised
Child with begonias
Ballarat Begonia Festival
Imagine strolling amongst one of Australia's premier Botanical Gardens, the most spectacular Begonia displays you are ever likely to see, enjoying music, performances and entertainment and learning about gardening and horticulture ... all in a Festival atmosphere. Over three days every March Ballarat is truly The Garden City. The main attraction is The Conservatory display of an outstanding collection of begonias. It is a must see for Festival visitors with over 230 begonias in 42 different colours on show. Roving entertainment, artistic and cultural displays and the street parade will all contribute to the celebration the Festival.
For further information: Web: www.ballaratbegoniafestival.com 


 

   
           
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