EVENTS: NEW SOUTH WALES
ACT | NSW | NT | QLD | SA | TAS | VIC | WAMarch| Sat 1 Mar to Mon 2 Jun | 2008 Dorothea Mackellar Poetry Awards » | Australia-wide, NSW
School students are invited to enter their best poem in the nation’s biggest and oldest student poetry competition. |
May| Tue 27 May to Tue 3 Jun | Casino Beef Week » | Casino, NSW
Celebrate a top Aussie industry with a cattle competition, industry talks, a beef brekkie, whipcracking and fashion parades. |
June| Sun 1 Jun | International » | Kurrajong Heights, NSW
The warmest, fuzziest and fiercest competition of the season has teams from across the world shearing, spinning wool and knitting a jumper in less than eight hours. |
| Sat 7 to Sun 8 Jun | Winter Warmers » | Rylstone, NSW
Get knitting, crocheting or felting and enter your crazy beanie, tea cosy or scarf in this annual competition. |
| Sat 7 to Mon 9 Jun | The Grenfell Henry Lawson Festival of Arts » | Grenfell, NSW
Bush poets perform by the campfire at Henry Lawson’s birthplace. The festival also includes a street performance, and art, photography and busking competitions. |
| Sat 21 Jun | Winter Solstice Celebrations » | Glen Innes, NSW
Brave the cold to watch the sun rise on the shortest day of the year. Held at the Australian Standing Stones, there’ll be porridge for breakfast, Celtic stories, sword fights and a spectacular... |
July| Thu 3 to Sun 6 Jul | Hats off to Country Festival » | Tamworth, NSW
Those who can’t wait for Tamworth’s Country Music Festival can get their fix early with performances by the Slim Dusty Tribute Band and more than 80 other country artists. |
| Sat 5 Jul | Duck Creek Picnic Races » | Nyngan, NSW
Get frocked up for live music, gourmet foods and plenty of horse racing. |
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