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Part of the popular Winery Walkabout, this event
turns Rutherglen’s Main Street into a carnival with
more than 300 stalls with local produce and craft,
buskers, food outlets and an animal nursery.
Competitions including the barrel rolling where
competitors roll wine barrels up and down the
main street and the infamous grape stomp.
http://www.rutherglenrotary.orgJune 10
TAS: BREAM CREEK FARMERS MARKET
The Bream Creek Show Grounds swells with
local produce from the region’s growers, cooks,
brewers, producers and makers on the first
Sunday of every month.
A great place to restock your camper’s larder
with organic, sustainable and ethical produce.
http://www.breamcreekfarmersmarket.com.auJune 3
June 30
NT: DARWIN PBR TOURING PRO
Love a good rodeo? This one’s for you. Watch as
the crew from Professional Bull Riders pit their
wits against powerful bulls for three action-
packed hours of excitement.
It’s even choreographed with concert sound
system and mega screen replays, with multiple
camera angles that will take you behind the
scenes.
http://www.pbraustralia.com.auJune 22-23
SA: COOBER PEDY OPAL FESTIVAL
This year celebrating 30 years of the town’s
mining and cultural heritage with various events
including the street pageant with Magical Coober
Pedy Floats.
Also enjoy a bush dance, street stalls, fireworks
and other special events over the weekend.
http://www.opalfestival.com.auWA: NUNGARIN WHEATBELT MARKETS
The Nungarin Town Hall buzzes with locals and
visitors alike on the first Sunday of the month with
35 to 45 market stalls as well as along the length
of the town’s main street.
Includes free mini train rides for kids, and
Nungarin Heritage and Army Museum is also open.
http://www.nungarin.com.auJune 3
June 10
NT: BYNOE HARBOUR CAMP-OUT FISHING
AND CRABBING COMPETITION
This family-friendly fishing contest offers
prizes snared for heaviest fish species including
barramundi, golden snapper, salmon, rock cod,
jewfish, queen fish and mackerel as well as
heaviest crab for adult and junior entrants, plus a
mystery prize.
Fishing and crabbing is restricted to Bynoe
Harbour as far as Indian Island and at the fresh
water Finniss.
http://www.enjoy-darwin.comTAS: BAY OF FIRES WINTER ARTS FESTIVAL
This annual event held on the June long
weekend celebrates the arts.
Includes the Bay of Fires Art Prize, an arts
market, film arts, and a program of events at
various venues from White Sands to St Helens.
http://www.bayoffireswinterartsfestival.com.auJune 9-11
June 29–July 7
QLD: THE VISION SPLENDID
OUTBACK FILM FESTIVAL
Celebrate Australian film and culture under the
stars of Winton in Outback Queensland with this
annual film festival screening classic and modern
Aussie films.
Films are shown every night for nine days under
the stars in the historic, open air Royal Theatre in
Winton’s main street (one of only two remaining such
theatres in Australia) and by day in the Shire Hall.
http://www.visionsplendidfilmfest.comJune 17
NSW: COMMUNITY WOOD FIRED OVEN
This fortnightly event on a Sunday at Hovell Tree
Park in Albury offers a chance to come together to
cook, to share, to learn and to eat.
An Oven Coordinator will help you to work the oven
and make culinary creations whether it’s pizzas,
bread and damper, roast meat and vegetables,
cakes, scones and biscuits, pies or quiches.
http://www.visitalburywodonga.com30
June 30-July 1
NT: MANDORAH UKULELE
AND FOLK FESTIVAL
This plucky music festival takes place in one
of Australia’s remotest areas, Wagait Beach, and
offers two days of ukes, Australian folk music and
Bush Poetry.
Free overnight camping is available on the
grounds of the Cox Country Club or get the ferry
from Darwin’s Cullen Bay.
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