Australian Traveller – August 2019

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CULTURE | What’s on

CITIESlayontheirbigartseventsfortheyear,

BallarathostsaMASTERofCAMOUFLAGE,whilecraftbeer,

WHISKYandcheesearecelebratedacrossthecountry.

WHAT’S ON

TASMANIAN

WHISKYWEEK

VARIOUSVENUES,TAS

FindoutwhyTassie

whiskyhasbecomethe

envyoftheworldatthis

weekoftours,tasting

sessionsandtalksat

someofthebestbarson

theislandaswellas

distillerieslikeSullivans

CoveandLark.

taswhiskyweek.com

5–28SEPTEMBER

BRISBANEFESTIVAL

VARIOUSVENUES,

BRISBANE,QLD

With 83 showstakingplace

acrossthecity,highlightsthis

yearincludeRiteofSpring

interpretedbyChinesedancer

YangLipingandSouthAfrica’s

laudedIsangoEnsemble.

brisbanefestival.com.au

29 AUGUST–

12 OCTOBER

DESERT FESTIVAL

ALICE SPRINGS, NT

The desert town comes alive

with seven weeks of music,

dance and art, kicked off

with a parade from the Alice

Springs night markets on the

night of 29 August. desfest.com

23 AUGUST–

1 SEPTEMBER

CAIRNSFESTIVAL

CAIRNS,QLD

WithVivid-likegiantdisplays

projectedontobuildings,

Cairnsdazzleswithitsannual

celebrationofperformingand

visualarts.cairns.qld.gov.au

1–30 SEPTEMBER

SYDNEY FRINGE

FESTIVAL

VARIOUSVENUES,

SYDNE Y,NSW

Celebratingits10thyear,the

Fringeisanexcusetovisit

Sydney’seclecticvenuesand

savourtheworkofitsfinest

performers.sydneyfringe.com

AU G

ARTWORK

AND

PHOTOGRAPHY:

GARETH

CARR

(NIEMAND

BY

VIKTOR

FRESO,

SCULPTURE

BY

THE

SEA);

DAVIDLI

PHOTOGRAPHY

(SYDNEY

FRINGE);

NATALIE

MENDHAM

(SULLIVANS

COVE

DISTILLERY);

PEDRO

GREIG

(CIRCA’S

PEEPSHOW,

CAIRNS

FESTIVAL);

JACQUIE

MANNING

(BLANC

DE

BLANC,

BRISBANE

FESTIVAL)

SCULPTURE BY

THE SEA

BONDI, SYDNEY, NSW

The walk from Bondi

to Coogee gets weird

and wonderful again.

sculpturebythesea.com

12–18

10 N OV

24 OCTOBER TO