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Melbourne Attractions Online As well as the many tours and attractions, Melbourne
provides a jammed packed annual events calendar. From events such as the
international Australian Grand Prix to the film festival and wine shows, there
is something for everyone. Check out some of our listed events for Melbourne
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• Victoria Events |
Australian
International Airshow
• Avalon Airport • Ph: 03 5282 0500 • Fax: 03 5282 4455 •
• March
• The Airshow is an exciting
presentation of some amazing aircraft in both flying and static displays. Feel
the skies tremble, see the latest military heavy metal,
attack helicopters, heavy lift and combat support aircraft as well the latest in
defence technology. Check out the vast array of civil and commercial aircraft, antique aircraft,
historic replicas, vintage war birds, pioneers of the jet age and
other classics. Avalon Airport is located Princes Freeway
between Melbourne and Geelong, about 55 km from the Melbourne CBD.
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Australian
Motorcycle Grand Prix
• Phillip Island (located 120 km southeast of Melbourne) • Ph: 03 9258 7100 •
Ph: 131 931 •
• October
• With its combination of fast
straights over 300 km/h on Gardner, going into Doohan Corner at
Turn One and sweeping corners, plus such technicalities as two
first-gear right-handers, the Island circuit’s four-and-a-half
kilometres have a touch of everything. What the world’s other tracks
don’t have, though, is the spectacular Bass Strait backdrop against
which the world’s best riders make an awesome sight as they soar
over Southern Loop as they make their way up to Lukey Heights.
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Australian Grand Prix
• Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit • February/March
• One of the country’s premier sporting
event offering an action-packed extravaganza of on-track and off-track
activities for people of all ages. This inner-city party last for 4 days in an
array of first-class support categories and a carnival of off-track
entertainment for the entire family.
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L’Oreal
Melbourne Fashion Festival Ltd
• Ph: 03 9654 5599 •
• March
• Was established in 1997 as
a combined initiative of the Australian fashion and retail industry,
the State Government of Victoria and the City of Melbourne. The
Festival launches collections of Australia’s leading fashion
designers, labels and fashion retailers in a series of sophisticated
and spectacular fashions shows. From Sunday to Sunday people flock
to the catwalks, parties, exhibitions, business and fashion industry
events, all over Melbourne.
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Lygon Street Festa
• October
• The annual ‘Lygon Street Festa’ has played a significant role
in highlighting and popularising Italian contemporary icons and
traditional Italian culture. It is Melbourne’s ‘little Italy’ festival,
traditionally a pause in the Italian agricultural year before the summer
activities. Today the festival continues to cultivate and celebrate
Italian arts and culture, which contribute to enriching the
Australian way of life and its reputation as a harmonious
multicultural society.
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 Melbourne Cup
Carnival
• Flemington Racecourse, 448 Epsom Rd, FLEMINGTON VIC 3031
• Ph: 1300 727 575 •
• 3-10 November
• People from all around
Australia celebrate the spring carnival, with the race that stops a nation, the
‘Melbourne Cup’. Held at the Flemington race track in
Melbourne and organised by the VRC the Melbourne Cup is definitely a horse
racing bookies dream and part of the Melbourne Cup Carnival, four unique days of
racing.
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 Melbourne Film Festival
• July-August
• Welcome to the Melbourne
International Film Festival, an iconic event that hosts a feast of cinematic
delicacies from over 50 countries over 19 days each winter. Your senses will be
stimulated as we traverse the myriad of cinema cultures and their
filmmakers.
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Melbourne Fringe Festival
• Ph: 03 8412 8788 • Fax: 03 8412 8787 •
• September-October
• Uncover the Melbourne Fringe Festival
with the quirky mix of art and culture including theatre, dance and visual arts.
The Melbourne Fringe Festival exposes the most contemporary, innovative and
trend-setting work by independent artists and brings them to the theatres,
galleries, dark alleys and nooks and crannies of the city.
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 Melbourne
International Comedy Festival
• Ph: 03 9417 7711 • Ph: 1300 660 013 •
• March-April
• Australia’s most
popular and dynamic annual arts festival featuring a high profile
line up of cabaret, theatre, stand-up, live radio broadcasts,
television, music, a Comedy Short Film Festival, free outdoor
entertainment and visual art exhibitions.
In 2003 the Festival
attracted an audience of over 383,000 and a Festival program
listing an enormous 230 individual shows, staged over 2,800
performances making it one of the three largest comedy festivals in
the world together with Montreal and Edinburgh.
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Melbourne
Writers Festival
• Ph: 03 9645 9244 • Fax: 03 9645 9344 •
• August
• The Melbourne Writers’ Festival is,
quite simply, Australia’s largest and highest profile literary
event. Taking place in August each year, the festival’s aim is to
showcase the art talent of the writer and to expand and enhance the
experience of the reader.
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Midsumma -
Gay & Lesbian Festival
• Ph: 03 9415 9819 •
• January-February
• Midsumma Festival, Melbourne’s annual
gay and lesbian festival, is a federation of arts and cultural events spread
over six municipalities and located in over 60 different venues across
Melbourne. Midsumma is presented over three weeks and four weekends from mid
January to February, and a significant attraction on the Melbourne festival
calendar. Midsumma Festival brings together a diverse mix of artists and
performers under a single umbrella for an impassioned celebration and innovative
presentation of queer art and culture.
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 Royal
Melbourne Show
• Royal Melbourne Showgrounds, Epsom Rd, ASCOT VALE
• Ph: 03 9281 7400 • Fax: 03 9281 7595 •
• September
• A signature event in Melbourne
since 1848, when it started as a ploughing competition in Moonee
Ponds, the Royal Melbourne Show is organised by the Royal Agricultural Society of Victoria
(RAS). The Show is Victoria’s largest and longest running annual
public entertainment event. It is iconic in its own right,
attracting around half a million visitors each year, and has been a
highlight of Victoria’s event calendar for over 150 years - the last
120 at the Ascot Vale site.
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Royal Melbourne
Wine Show
• Melbourne Showgrounds, Epsom Rd, ASCOT VALE VIC 3032 •
Ph: 03 9281 7428 •
• August
• Taste, savour and critique Award winning entries from
the Royal Melbourne Wine Show. Enjoy live jazz and Australian cheese platters or
simply relax and enjoy a selection of the 4,600 + reds, whites, sparkling and
ports.
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