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Chinchilla Melon Festival

As part of the Queensland 150 must-dos, there is the Chinchilla Watermelon Festival…

The next occurence will be on 19-22 February 2009. It will be held over 9 days.

It includes activities and competitions such as watermelon-skiing and head-bashing….

It is an event for the entire family!

Find more here 150mustdos.com.au

Woodford Folk Festival

The famous folk festival held at Woodford, Qld Australia, is a musical and multi-cultural event.

It starts during the last week of every year and continues into January.

The event has been held for over 20 years now.

It is located between the Brisbane Valley and Queensland’s Sunshine Coast.
It is possible to camp on the site for the entire week, attend only one day, or anything in between.

Proposed activities are numerous and eclectic.

There is a children’s festival for the young ones.

It is hot in Wooford at this time a year, so bring a lot of drinks and sun cream!

The unofficial web-site of the festival can be found here: http://www.sutcliffegallery.com.au/gen/woodford.htm

Riverfestival takes over Brisbane

A celebration of Brisbane’s beautiful people, culture and environment.

The festival runs for 10 days starting the 24th August.

Riverfestival has live music, art exhibitions, film screenings, talks, displays and demonstrations on the health, past and future of the Brisbane River.

The Brisbane Riverfestival is held in the city’s outdoor public spaces close to the river, as well the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre.

Must sees are:

‘RegattaFest’ – 30 dragon boats begin the day’s racing, followed by 40 other craft competing from the Brisbane Yacht Club.

‘Riverfire’ : the city’s bridges, rooftops and skies light up with an amazing fireworks display.

What’s Brisbane EkkA about?

Brisbane EkkA 2008 is from 7 – 16 August.

EkkA, not sure what Ekka stands for exactly and few people locally seem to know either! What I do know though is that it is ‘The Exhibition’ or ‘The Royal Queensland Show’.

The county comes to the city and the city has a day off to see the best of the state’s produce.

It’s held in the RNA show grounds in Brisbane.

There are heaps of events and attractions at the RNA Showground: farm animals, horses, fashion shows, fireworks, concerts, prize-winning animals, craft and food. Plus there’s a fairground in ‘Sideshow Alley’ and showbags – filled with merchandise.

Different suburbs have different days off during Ekka week, which can be a bit confusing!

Useful Resources:

http://www.ekka.com.au/