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May 8th - 10th Parliamentary Sitting - Both Houses Canberra 19th - 20th MS 24 Hour Swim Canberra 21st - 24th Parliamentary Sitting - House of Representatives only Canberra 28th RECONCILIATION DAY 29th - 31st Parliamentary Sitting - House of Representatives only Canberra June QUEEN S BIRTHDAY 18th - 21st Parliamentary Sitting - Both Houses Canberra - 28th DanceSport Australia National Championship Canberra - 31th Parliamentary Sitting - Both Houses Canberra July 21st - 2 Ultimate Women s Weekend Canberra August 13th - 16th Parliamentary Sitting - Both Houses Canberra 20th - 23rd Parliamentary Sitting - Both Houses Canberra 24th - Canberra Writer s Festival Canberra September 1st - WellFest Canberra Canberra 10th - 13th Parliamentary Sitting - Both Houses Canberra 17th - 20th Parliamentary Sitting - Both Houses Canberra 15th - 14th Oct Floriade NightFest/ Floriade Canberra October 1st LABOUR DAY 15th -18th Parliamentary Sitting - Both Houses Canberra 2 - Nov House of Representatives sits, Senate Supplementary Budget Estimates Canberra - 4th Nov Canberra International Film Festival Canberra November 12th - 15th Parliamentary Sitting - Senate Only Canberra - 29th Parliamentary Sitting - Both Houses Canberra DECEMBER 3rd - 6th Parliamentary Sitting - Both Houses Canberra CHRISTMAS DAY NEW SOUTH WALES 4th - 8th Ashes Pink Test: Australia v England Sydney 4th - 12th WSL Junior Championships Kiama 5th - 13th Sydney International Tennis Sydney 6th - 28th Sydney Festival Sydney 10th - 14th Parkes ElvisTM Festival Parkes 19th - 28th Toyota Country Music Festival Tamworth Tamworth 20th - 27th Australia Deaf Games Albury/Wodonga 21st 3rd One Day International:Australia v England Sydney - 28th HSBC Sydney 7s Sydney 20th Jan - Feb Surfest Newcastle February - 4th Liqui-Moly Bathurst 12 Hour Bathurst 3rd - 4th Sydney Morning HeraldSun Run and Cole Classic Sydney 16th - 4th Mar Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Sydney 16th - 4th Mar Sydney Chinese New Year Festival Sydney - Australian Bowl Riding Championships Newcastle March 4th Newcrest Orange Challenge Orange 16th Mar - 21st June 21st Biennale of Sydney Sydney 17th - 18th Wollongong Triathlon Festival Wollongong 19th - Aon Sydney International Rowing Regatta Sydney 23rd - 3rd Apr Sydney Royal Easter Show Sydney 23rd - ADX18 Exhibition Sydney 23rd Mar - 2 Apr Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour- La Boheme Sydney 29th - Apr Byron Bay Bluesfest Byron Bay 31st 6th - 8th Newcastle Writers Festival Newcastle 6th - 15th Orange F.O.O.D Week Orange 7th - 14th The Championships Sydney 9th - 15th Sail Port Stephens Port Stephens 13th Apr - 1st May Sculpture at Scenic World Blue Mountains 21st - 29th Canowindra Balloon Challenge Canowindra
May 5th - 6th Wings Over Illawarra Illawarra 5th Narooma Oyster Festival Narooma 6th Ironman Australia & Ironman 70.3 Port Macquarie Port Macquarie 12th - 13th B2B Expo Sydney Sydney 13th - 19th Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Australia and Weekend Edition Sydney 15th - 17th CeBIT Australia Sydney 20th - Australian Senior League Baseball Championships Lismore 21st Port to Port MTB Newcastle and Port Stephens - 16th Jun Vivid Sydney Sydney 28th - 10th Jun NCHA Futurity Tamworth - 31st World Business Forum Sydney June - 3rd True Grit Hawkesbury 6th - 17th Sydney Film Festival Sydney QUEEN S BIRTHDAY 8th - Peak Music Festival Perisher 9th - Shoalhaven Coast Winter Wine Festival Shoalhaven 24th Holden State of Origin Game II Sydney July 1st - 8th Australian International Music Festival Sydney 28th - 14th Aug Australian Surf Festival Tweed Coast August - 6th Australian International Dive Expo Sydney - 6th Sydney International Boat Show Sydney 3rd - 5th Byron Writer s Festival Byron Bay 5th - 20th Sculpture at Barangaroo Sydney 10th - Workshopped: Exhibition Sydney September 7th - 9th Property Buyer Expo Sydney 14th - 16th Sydney Gardening Show Sydney 16th Blackmores Running Festival Sydney 21st - 23rd Sydney Home Show Sydney NRL Telstra Premiership Grand Final Sydney October 1st - 31st Good Food Month Sydney 12th - 21st Orange Wine Festival Orange 18th - 14th Nov Sculpture by the Sea Bondi 20th Invictus Games Sydney November Remembrance Day Service Sydney 15th - 18th Nov Australian Open Golf Sydney December CHRISTMAS DAY 31st New Year s Eve - Sydney Harbour Sydney NORTHERN TERRITORY 13th Big Bash league Alice Springs February 6th - 12th 2018 National Indigenous Cricket Championship Alice Springs March 31st 31st Blacken Festival Alice Springs - 29th Tjungu Festival Uluru May 4th - 6th Wide Open Space Festival Alice Springs 5th - 20th Nightcliff Seabreeze Festival Darwin 7th MAY DAY 12th Two Cup Race Day Tennant Creek 19th Peoples Choice Bass in the Grass Festival Darwin - Uluru Camel Cup Uluru June 5th - Tatts Finke Desert Race Alice Springs 8th Burunga Festival Arnhem Land 9th - 10th Greek Glenti Darwin QUEEN S BIRTHDAY 15th - 17th Darwin Triple Crown Supercars Darwin 29th Borroloola Gulf Show Katherine Darwin PBR Touring Pro Darwin
July 6th Alice Springs Show Alice Springs 7th - 16th Darwin Fringe Festival Darwin 7th - 6th Aug Darwin Cup Carnival Darwin 13th Tennant Creek Show Day Tennant Creek 14th Apex Camel Cup Alice Springs 20th Katherine Show Day Katherine 2 Darwin Lions Beer Can Regatta Darwin 27th - 29th Royal Darwin Show Darwin 28th The Australian Outback Marathon Ayers Rock August 4th Darwin to Ambon Yacht Race Darwin 6th PICNIC DAY 9th - Darwin Festival Darwin 17th Katherine Races Katherine 17th - 20th Run Larapinta Stage Race Alice Springs 18th Henley-on-Todd Regatta Alice Springs 31st Red Centre NATS Alice Springs September 7th Desert Mob Symposium Alice Springs 13th Darwin International Film Festival Darwin 28th Parrtjima - A Festival in Light Alice Springs 28th Barkly Muster Gold Rush Camp Draft Tennant Creek October 13th - 20th 2018 Alice Springs Master Games Alice Springs - 28th Darwin Trailer Boat Club Coopers Blue Water Classic Darwin November 3rd Charles Darwin Film Festival Alice Springs December CHRISTMAS DAY QUEENSLAND 5th - 16th Magic Millions Carnival Gold Coast 13th - 29th Whitsunday Clipper Race Carnival Whitsundays 19th Second Gillette One Day International: Australia vs England Brisbane - 28th 2018 Burleigh Pro Gold Coast February 3rd - 4th Noosa Summer Swim Festival Noosa 9th - 10th The Brisbane Global Rugby Tens Brisbane 16th - 18th Agnes Blues, Roots and Rock Festival Gladstone 23rd - 4th Mar Apple and Grape Harvest Festival Stanthorpe 23rd - Mar Brisbane Comedy Festival Brisbane March 10th - 17th Noosa Festival of Surfing Noosa Mooloolaba Triathlon Festival Sunshine Coast - 2 Quiksilver and Roxy Pro Gold Coast Gold Coast 17th Bowlzilla Gold Coast Gold Coast 21st - World Science Festival Brisbane 2018 Brisbane 17th - 19th Mind Body Spirit Festival Brisbane 29th - 15th Apr Bleach* Festival Gold Coast 31st 4th - 15th Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games Gold Coast 9th - 10th Gold Coast Triathlon Gold Coast May 6th Beef Australia 2018 Rockhampton 7th LABOUR DAY 17th - 20th Noosa Food and Wine Festival Noosa 17th - 20th Blues on Broadbeach Music Festival Broadbeach June 3rd - 6th ISF World Seed Congress Brisbane 9th Qantas Wallabies v Ireland Brisbane 29th - 7th Jul The Vision Splendid Outback Film Festival Winton - 1st Jul Gold Coast Marathon Gold Coast July 10th - 12th Birdsville Big Red Bash Birdsville 13th - 15th Cairns Indigenous Art Fair Cairns 27th - 29th Groundwater Country Music Festival Broadbeach
August 5th Townsville Running Festival Townsville 9th - 12th Mount Isa Mines Rotary Rodeo Mount Isa 9th - 16th Airlie Beach Race Week Festival of Sailing The Whitsundays 15th EKKA SHOW DAY Brisbane 23rd - Gympie Music Muster Sunshine Coast September 1st Birdsville Races Birdsville 12th - 16th ITU World Triathlon Grand Final Gold Coast 2018 Gold Coast 20th Winds of Zenadth Cultural Festival North Queensland 21st - Toowoomba Carnival of Flower Toowoomba 29th (TBC) Riverfire 2018 Brisbane October 1st QUEEN S BIRTHDAY 6th - 15th Crush Festival Bundaberg 19th Gold Coast 600 Gold Coast 31st - 4th Nov Noosa Triathlon Noosa November - Pan Pacific Masters Games Gold Coast 5th Yarrabah Band Festival North Queensland 17th PBR Iron Cowboy III Townsville 27th Asia Pacific Screen Awards Brisbane 29th - Dec Australian PGA Championship Gold Coast December CHRISTMAS DAY 27th - 1st Jan Woodford Folk Festival Woodford SOUTH AUSTRALIA 13th - 21st Santos Tour Down Under Adelaide - 27th Australian Sprint Car Championship Limestone Coast - 28th Crush Festival Adelaide Hills Gillette One Day International Series: Australia vs England Adelaide February St Jerome s Laneway Festival Adelaide 9th - Fleurieu Film Festival Fleurieu Peninsula 15th - 18th ISPS Handa Women s Australian Open Adelaide 15th - 17th Kangaroo Island Racing Carnival Kangaroo Island 16th - 18th Mar Adelaide Fringe Festival Adelaide March 1st - 4th Clipsal V8 500 Adelaide Adelaide - 18th Adelaide Festival Adelaide 9th - 12th WOMAdelaide Adelaide 12th MARCH PUBLIC HOLIDAY (ADELAIDE CUP) 29th - 31st Blenheim Music and Camping Festival Clare Valley 29th - 29th Jul Colours of Impression: Masterpieces from the Musee d Orsay Adelaide 31th 31st Keith Dirt and Diesel Derby Limestone Coast 7th Silver Raven Festival Barossa 7th - 8th Clare Classic Clare Valley 7th -8th Floatfest Murray River Lakes & Coorong 13th - 2 Tasting Australia State-wide 16th - 20th Special Olympics National Games Adelaide 20th - 2 Yorke Peninsula s Saltwater Classic Yorke Peninsula 27th Groovin the Moo Adelaide May 5th - 6th The Hubert 100 Flinders Ranges & Outback 18th - 21st Clare Valley Gourmet Weekend Clare Valley 27th Adelaide Marathon Festival Adelaide June 1st Whyalla Sea Life Festival Fleurieu Peninsula 1st Melrose Fat Tyre Festival Flinders Ranges & Outback 8th - 23rd Adelaide Cabaret Festival Adelaide QUEEN S BIRTHDAY 23rd Coober Pedy Opal Festival Flinders Ranges & Outback
July 13th - 15th Adelaide Beer & BBQ Festival Adelaide 13th - 29th Umbrella - Winter City Sounds Adelaide - 27th Adelaide Independent Records (AIR) Awards Adelaide - 27th Indie-Con Australia Adelaide 27th - 29th Winter Reds Weekend Adelaide Hills August 1st - 31st South Australian Living Artists Festival SA wide 31st - Sep Barossa Gourmet Weekend Barossa 31st - 9th Sep Royal Adelaide Show Adelaide September 1st Kangaroo Island Marathon Kangaroo Island October 3rd LABOUR DAY 14th Jamestown Fly In and Air Spectacular Flinders Ranges & Outback November 17th - Dec Lifesaving World Championships Adelaide December 1st - 10th Pacific School Games Adelaide 25t CHRISTMAS DAY TASMANIA 7th - 13th Hobart International Tennis Tournament Hobart 12th - 2 Mona Foma Hobart/Launceston AUSTRALIAN DAY February - 4th Festivale Launceston 12th ROYAL HOBART REGATTA Hobart 28th Launceston Cup Launceston March - 12th Taste of Huon Ranleigh 12th EIGHT HOURS DAY 31th 1st - 7th International Mural Fest Sheffield 3rd EASTER TUESDAY 6th - 8th Tasmania Super Sprint Symmons Plains 16th - 21st Targa Tasmania Various May 3rd - 5th Agfest Launceston June 9th - Bay of Fires Winter Arts Festival St Helen QUEEN S BIRTHDAY 15th - 24th Dark Mofo Festival Hobart 29th - 15th Jul Festival of Voices Hobart July 13th - 15th Huon Valley Mid-Winter Fest Grove - 29th Devonport Jazz Festival Devonport August 6th - 9th Integrating Genomics into Healthcare conference Hobart 12th Chocolate Winterfest Latrobe TBC Tasmanian Whisky Week Various September 5th - 9th Junction Arts Festival Launceston October 1st Devonport Food and Wine Festival Devonport ROYAL HOBART SHOW Hobart November 5th Recreation Day 16th - 18th Effervescence Relbia 24th - Farmgate Festival Exeter December CHRISTMAS DAY Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race Hobart 28th - 3rd Jan Taste of Tasmania Hobart 29th - 1st Jan Fall Music and Arts Festival Marion Bay
VICTORIA 1st - 8th Peninsula Summer Music Festival Peninsula Various KFC T20 Big Bash League (Cricket) Melbourne 3rd - 5th Cycling Australia Road National Championships Ballarat 6th - 8th ARBORIA Melbourne 15th - 28th Australian Open Tennis Melbourne February St Kilda Festival Melbourne 17th White Night Melbourne Melbourne 23rd - 24th Cinema at the G Melbourne 23rd - Superbike World Championships Phillip Island 28th Wednesday February Race Day - Stawell Stawell March 1st - 18th Melbourne Fashion Festival Melbourne 4th Clean Up Australia Day Melbourne 8th - 12th ChillOut Festival - Daylesford Daylesford 9th - 12th Moomba Festival Melbourne 12th LABOUR DAY 16th - Melbourne Food and Wine Festival Melbourne 21st - Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show Melbourne 2-24th Melbourne International Coffee Expo Melbourne 2-2018 Formula 1 Australian Grand Prix Melbourne 28th - 2 Apr Melbourne International Comedy Festival Melbourne 29th - 8th Apr Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach Bells Beach 31th 1st Stawell Cup 2018 Stawell 5th - 8th HIA HOME SHOW Melbourne May 4th - 18th Human Rights Arts & Film Festival Melbourne 5th - 6th Grampians Grape Escape Halls Gap - 12th Good Beer Week Melbourne 19th - 20th Great Ocean Road Marathon Lorne June 1st - 3rd Good Food and Wine Show Melbourne 1st - 10th Melbourne International Jazz Festival Melbourne 8th - 7th Oct Masterworks from Momo Melbourne 8th - Mind Body Spirit Festival Melbourne QUEEN S BIRTHDAY 28th - 1st Jul Melbourne Boat Show Melbourne July 28th - 29th Open House Melbourne Melbourne 29th Run Melbourne Melbourne August 3rd - 20th Melbourne International Film Festival Melbourne 13th - Melbourne Fringe Festival Melbourne - 3rd Sep Melbourne Writers Festival Melbourne TBC Melbourne Spring Fashion Week Melbourne September 28th AFL GRAND FINAL HOLIDAY 29th AFL Grand Final Melbourne October 4th - 21st Melbourne Festival Melbourne 14th Melbourne Marathon Melbourne - 28th Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix Phillip Island 27th Cox Plate Day Melbourne November 3rd Derby Day Melbourne 6th MELBOURNE CUP DAY Victoria 8th Oaks Day Melbourne 10th Stakes Melbourne - 19th Melbourne Music Week Melbourne Victorian State Remembrance Day Service Melbourne December 24th Carols by Candlelight Melbourne CHRISTMAS DAY - Boxing Day Test Melbourne
WESTERN AUSTRALIA Dec - 6th Jan Mastercard Hopman Cup Perth 7th - 13th World Under 24 Ultimate Championships Perth - 14th Lancelin Ocean Classic Lancelin 21st Perth Stadium Community Day Opening Perth - 28th Western Australian Circus Festival 28th Gillette One Day International Perth February 8th - World Super 6 Perth Perth 9th - 4th Mar Perth International Arts Festival Perth 10th - SunSmart Busselton Jetty Swim Ultimate Fighting Championship 24th Rottnest Channel Swim Rottnest Island March - 19th Sculpture by the Sea Cottesloe 3rd South West Craft Beer Festival Perth 5th LABOUR DAY 8th - Taste Great Southern Albany 10th Perth NRL Double Header Perth 16th - 24th GAMEX Exmouth 17th - 18th Mandurah Crab Fest Mandurah - 28th Fremantle Street Arts Festival Fremantle 31st Festival of the Sea Albany 31th 7th - 8th Northam Motor Sport Festival Northam 7th - 8th Goldfields Kidsfest Kalgoorlie - 12th Margaret River Pro Margaret River 14th - 2 Australian Surf Life Saving Championships Scarborough 17th - 24th Karijini Experience Karijini National Park 2 Nitro Circus Perth 23rd - 20th May Perth Comedy Festival Perth May 4th - 6th SunSmart Busselton Festival of Triathlon Busselton 4th - 6th Perth SuperSprint Perth 7th - 13th TX Civil & Logistics WA PGA Championship Kalgoorlie - 27th Ningaloo Whaleshark Festival Exmouth - 27th Cable Beach Polo 2018 Broome June 1st - 3rd Margaret River Readers & Writers Festival Margaret River 1st - 4th Festival of Voice Denmark 1st - 4th WA Day Festival Perth 1st - 4th Jazz by the Bay Dunsborough 4th WESTERN 2-23rd Truffle Kerfuffle Manjimup July 5th - 18th Perth International Film Festival Perth August 2 - CinefestOz Film Festival Busselton - Sep Festival of the Pearl Broome September 21st - 23rd Southern MTB Albany Sep - Oct Hidden Treasures Bloom Festival Great Southern Sep - Oct Southern Art & Craft Trail Kalgoorlie 24th QUEEN S BIRTHDAY HOLIDAY October 1st - 7th Polocrosse National Championships Perth 18th - 21st Cape to Cape MTB Margaret River 28th - 3rd Nov Australasian Police and Emergency Services Games Mandurah November 3rd - 4th Act-Belong-Commit Augusta Adventure Fest Augusta 9th - Tour of Margaret River - Australian Pro-Am Margaret River TBC Margaret River Gourmet Escape Margaret River December SunSmart Ironman Western Australia Busselton CHRISTMAS DAY * Dates correct as at 1st January 2018 and may change at any time. Please ensure that you confirm the dates as ATPI Voyager will not be liable for any errors/changes in dates.