Events Calendar
Australia
Jan 2008
• Australian Open Tennis Championships
Feb 2008
• 2008 FORMULA 1™ ING Australian Grand Prix
April 2008
• Rip Curl Pro
New Zealand
Feb 2008
• Harvest Hawke's Bay
• Geon Brebner Print Art Deco Weekend
April 2008
• Gourmet Experience
July 2008
• Rhapsody Rotorua 2008
Australia
Australian Open Tennis Championships
Melbourne
14 - 27 Jan 2008
See tennis stars serve up grand slam action for the first title of the year. Australian Open 2008 will see the return of the world’s hottest tennis players to Melbourne for two weeks of explosive action. Watch the drama unfold as they battle it out for the first Grand Slam title of the year. The Australian Open attracts the world's best tennis players and more than 550, 000 spectators during the fortnight, making it the highest attended annual sporting event in Australia.
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2008 FORMULA 1™ ING Australian Grand Prix
Albert Park
28 Feb - 2 Mar 2008 (TBC)
The 2008 FORMULA 1™ ING Australian Grand Prix is the country’s premier sporting event and offers an action-packed extravaganza of on-track and off-track activities for people of all ages to enjoy. Besides a stellar line-up of elite motor racing, a host of other offerings will keep you entertained throughout the day. Be sure to check out the GP Expo, F1 Experience, Historic Vehicles Paddock and Autograph Stage. And celebrity-spotters should keep an open eye as the event is renowned for the A-list crowd it attracts. Set in the stunning surrounds of picturesque Albert Park and offering striking views of Melbourne’s skyline, the 2008 FORMULA 1™ ING Australian Grand Prix will be a feast for the senses. If you’ve never witnessed the sensation of the world’s fastest men racing before your very eyes at speeds of more than 300 km/h, make 2008 the year to do it.
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Rip Curl Pro
Bells Beach
3 - 13 Apr 2008
The Rip Curl Pro at Bells Beach is Australia’s longest running and most prestigious professional surfing event. It is the second of 12 Foster’s ASP Men’s World Championship Tour (WCT) events scheduled in 2007 and one of the favourite stops for many of the globetrotting pros. It was the birthplace of Rip Curl and one of our country’s most popular tourist destinations. It’s a high performance right-hand reef break that tests even the most experienced surfer. Although Kelly Slater is a two-time winner, he rates Bells as one of the hardest waves in the world to master. Bells boasts two unique sections that break over two different reefs - ‘Rincon’ and ‘The Bowl’.
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New Zealand
Harvest Hawke's Bay
Hastings
02 Feb - 03 Feb 2008
Come to Hawkes Bay for wine, music and sunshine! This exciting event promises to please all wine and food lovers. This stunning weekend in the beautiful Hawke’s Bay allows you to visit 26 wineries and savour their award winning wines whilst being entertained in all sorts of ways!!
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Geon Brebner Print Art Deco Weekend
Napier
14 Feb - 17 Feb 2008
The Geon Brebner Print Art Deco Weekend is in its 20th year in 2008 and has grown to be one of the finest heritage celebrations in the world. The programme features approx 110 events, with many of them at no charge. So come to Napier and enjoy wining, dining, jazz, dancing, film, theatre, house tours, vintage cars, plane rides and much, much more.
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Gourmet Experience
Napier
26 Apr - 27 Apr 2008
Promoted by the Rotary Club of Taradale, this is a total 'Gourmet Experience' right in the heart of the province where a great deal of New Zealand's fruit, meat, wine, oils, cheeses and produce is grown. Producers use it as a unique chance to present, showcase, promote, and sell their products direct to the public. And the public has a unique opportunity to taste, compare, buy and learn more about local products at their leisure.
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Rhapsody Rotorua 2008
Rotorua
01 Jul - 06 Jul 2008
This is the foremost International Schools Music Festival in New Zealand. With hundreds of participants it offers 3 days of full on music involvement.
Who participates – Concert Bands, orchestras, choirs, ensembles, percussion groups, jazz groups, stage bands, guitar ensembles, tin whistlers and whatever type of performing art that would benefit from concert performance, adjudication, tutoring, clinics, master classes, workshops and play-outs.
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