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Summer Festival
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28 December - 7
January
The Hobart Summer Festival celebrates Hobart’s
heritage, with a wide assortment of activities,
performances, heritage shows and of course,
good food.
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AAMI Tasmanian
Summer Racing Carnival
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29 January - 26 February
Rapidly becoming one of the most prestigious
horse-racing events in Australia.
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Clarence
by the Water Jazz Festival
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19 - 24 February
Tasmania’s single biggest jazz event attracts
some of the best jazz players in Australia,
as well as Tasmania’s own top jazz musicians.
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National
Pennyfarthing Championships
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23 February
A traditional colonial country fair with dancing,
music and street entertainers. The main feature
is the Penny Farthing races, when both local
and international participants vie for the National
Championship title on those big-wheeled bicycles.
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ITU Hobart
International Triathlon
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17 February
Australian and international athletes come to
Tasmania each year to compete, with Hobart's
historic waterfront forming its backdrop.
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Australian
Wooden Boat Festival
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8 - 9 March
Every two years, Hobart’s historic waterfront
sees hundreds of wooden boats going on display
for three days, keeping alive the love and memory
of wooden boats, their beauty and their history.
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Australian
Three Peaks Race
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21 March
Australia’s ultimate endurance challenge of
sailing and running in a non-stop challenge,
participants undertake four days of non-stop
sailing around Tasmania’s East Coast.
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Targa Tasmania
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15 - 20 April
Targa Tasmania has grown to become one of the
world’s true classic motor sport events, with
invitation-only teams taking part in a six-day
tarmac rally with competitive stages on closed
roads.
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Tasmanian
Living Writers' Week
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8 - 17 August
Local, national and international writers of
exceptional wit and talent all descend upon
Hobart to take part in this excellent literary
festival, with numerous activities aimed at
keeping the love of literature alive, fuelled
by plenty of food and wine.
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Blooming
Tasmania
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1 September - 31 May 2009
Blooming Tasmania is a series of statewide events
celebrating Tasmania’s botanical diversity.
It guides visitors on a journey of garden experiences.
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Rolex Sydney
to Hobart Yacht Race
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26
December
Regarded as one of the world’s greatest ocean
racing classics, it is a 630 nautical mile race
southwards. The leaders in the race arrive in
Hobart in time for New Year’s Eve festivities.
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