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Christmas Polo

Logo Werribee (05/12/08)
Throw the perfect Christmas Party for your clients or company this year at the Christmas Polo.

Hawthorn Craft Market

Hawthorn Craft Market Craft Hawthorn (06/01/08 to 16/12/08)
Spoil yourself at Melbourne's best makers' market! Established in 1979, the Hawthorn Craft Market is one of Melbourne's longest running makers' markets.At a makers' market you can purchase quality products lovingly handcrafted or produced by the stallholder direct to...

3 MOBILE Boxing Day Test

Boxing Day Test Match Melbourne (26/12/08 to 30/12/08)
The traditional Boxing Day Test at the MCG is the most anticipated cricket match each year in world cricket and there will be no love lost when South Africa travel to Australia in the 2008/09 summer to take on Ricky...

Book Market at Fed Square

Book Market Melbourne (05/01/08 to 03/01/09)
Books at Fed Square.

Australian Open - The Grand Slam of Asia/Pacific

Rod Laver Arena Melbourne (19/01/09 to 01/02/09)
AUSTRALIAN OPEN 2009 Where: Melbourne Park When: 19 January to 1 February 2009 The world's best tennis players are showcased at Melbourne Park for the first Grand Slam of the year.

Circus Sunrise

Catwoman Docklands (14/11/08 to 26/01/09)
CIRCUS SUNRISE is an action-packed show for all the family at Waterfront City Docklands.

Across the Desert: Aboriginal Batik from Central Australia

Snakes & spinifex Melbourne (10/10/08 to 01/02/09)
Across the Desert: Aboriginal Batik from Central Australia is a fascinating exhibition on the evolution of batik production in Indigenous communities. Featuring over 60 works from five desert communities in Central Australia Ernabella, Fregon, Utopia, Yuendumu and...

Australian Romance Readers Convention

ARRC09 Melbourne (20/02/09 to 22/02/09)
Inaugural Australian Romance Readers Convention, Melbourne, 20-22 Feb 2009. Celebrate romance fiction at the inaugural Australian Romance Readers Convention. Meet your favourite authors, discuss your preferred romance sub-genres, buy books, get them signed and have fun.

Andreas Gursky

Andreas Gursky Melbourne (21/11/08 to 22/02/09)
For the first time in Australia, an exhibition by German contemporary photographer Andreas Gursky will open at the National Gallery of Victoria on 21 November 2008. From the Haus der Kunst in Munich, Andreas Gursky will present 21 major...

Hinterlands: Albert Tucker's landscapes 1960-1975

Albert Tucker Bulleen (28/06/08 to 22/02/09)
Primarily a painter of urban life, Albert Tucker created his first pictures of the indomitable Australian outback when he was an expatriate, living and working in Rome during the mid-1950s.

COVERS, Fiona Abicare

COVERS, Fiona Abicare Bulleen (01/11/08 to 22/02/09)
COVERS is a newly created site-specific installation by Melbourne artist Fiona Abicare. Abicare s predominantly sculptural practice explores her interests in the connections between museum, retail and domestic spaces and the material qualities and associations of objects.

Ashburton Community Festival

Performing artists Ashburton (22/02/09, Annual event)
Ashburton Community Street Festival takes place on the last Sunday each February in a closed off High Street. Ashburton Festival is a true community event with various local groups organising activities, food stalls, events and entertainment.

2009 Melbourne International Motor Show

Concourse area at the Show Southbank (27/02/09 to 09/03/09)
The Melbourne International Motor Show has long been established as an annual automotive event. The inaugural Melbourne International Motor Show was officially opened on 30th April 1925 and is one of the longest running in the world and by...

Craigieburn Festival

Food and wine Craigieburn (28/02/09 to 01/03/09, Annual event)
The Craigieburn Festival is a three day community festival which incorporates great food, great rides, fantastic fireworks, craft market, displays, amazing entertainment and much, much more.

BP Ultimate/BRW Corporate Triathlon - Melbourne

Spectators at a sporting event Elwood (01/03/09, Annual event)
The Melbourne BP Ultimate/BRW Corporate Triathlon is located in a great venue and has a vibrant atmosphere with over 80 corporate marquees, BBQs, a band and a lot of fun! The Elwood course has an excellent flat cycle leg and...

Contempora

Folded Docklands (05/03/09 to 19/04/09)
Contempora is a free to the public event that includes the prestigious Contempora Sculpture Award and a program of exhibitions, forums, public art screenings, activities and fireworks that runs from 5 March - 19 April 2009 at Melbourne s Docklands....

Celebrate the Bean

Beans Docklands (13/03/09 to 23/03/09)
Make sure you re in fine form for a day of utter extravagance at Sunday s Celebrate the Bean.

Bayside Festival

Altona (14/03/09 to 15/03/09, Annual event)
This years theme is 30 Years of Altona's Bayside Festival.

Fine Food, Wine and Music by the Bay

Mordialloc (14/03/09 to 15/03/09, Annual event)
What more could you ask for? International and Australian jazz, blues and soul artists, the 'Master Chefs at Work' marquee, gourmet food and wine...

L'Oréal Melbourne Fashion Festival

08 Melbourne Fashion Festival Docklands (15/03/09 to 22/03/09)
Held annually each March, L'Oreal Melbourne Fashion Festival is a large scale fashion event of extraordinary richness and diversity. LMFF launches Australia's autumn/winter collections to the public, the fashion industry and the media.

Bright 'n' Sandy Food & Wine Festival 2009

Fresh Food Brighton (22/03/09)
Bayside is an area famed for gourmet food, five-star restaurants and a seaside cafe culture.

City of Casey Tricodes Race Day

Cranbourne (22/03/09, Annual event)
Racing, Pacing and Chasing - the action never stops when thoroughbreds, harness and greyhounds combine for a giant 23 race day with a race every...

2009 FORMULA 1(TM) ING Australian Grand Prix

Starting line up South Melbourne (26/03/09 to 29/03/09)
The 2009 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...

2008 Annual Cadbury Easter Egg Hunt

Cadbury Easter Egg Hunt Werribee (10/04/09)
The 2009 Annual Cadbury Easter Egg Hunt is Back! Easter time is rolling round and the Cadbury Great Bunny and friends are busily preparing their delicious chocolate eggs, to make this year the most special yet.

Herring Island Summer Arts Festival

HISAF logo South Yarra (12/01/09 to 20/04/09)
Herring Island Summer Arts Festival began in 2006 as a collaboration between the exhibiting arts groups, Parks Victoria and the Friends of Herring Island. This followed on from the work of Maudie Palmer who, as curator of the Herring...

Bugatti: Carlo Rembrandt Ettore Jean

throne Melbourne (06/02/09 to 26/04/09)
The work of the Bugatti family - four generations of craftsmen, artists and designers - is as diverse as it is original.

Flemington Racecourse Market

Market_Generic_Main Flemington (26/04/09, Once Only event)
Over 200 to 300 stalls of gourmet produce, fresh fruit and vegetables, quality Australian made art and craft. Entry to the market is free, however parking is $3.00.

Kellybrook Cider Festival

Wonga Park (03/05/09, Annual event)
Fancy a real cider? Don't miss the 13th annual Kellybrook Cider Festival! Enjoy the cider making demonstrations, sample traditional scrumpy and draught cider and fresh...

2009 Victorian Caravan, Camping and Touring Supershow

Exhibition centre Caulfield (06/05/09 to 11/05/09, Annual event)
Victorian Caravan, Camping and Touring Supershow is bigger than ever. Victoria's annual Caravan Camping and Touring Supershow will roll into Caulfield Racecourse from 6 May to 11 May this year and will be the biggest ever.

Law Week

logo Melbourne (11/05/09 to 17/05/09)
Law Week is coordinated by Victoria Law Foundation and the Law Institute of Victoria and supported by the City of Melbourne.

Buddha's Day and Multicultural Festival

Bathing the Buddha Melbourne (16/05/09 to 17/05/09)
Proudly presented by Fo Guang Shan Melbourne (FGS) and Buddha s Light International Victoria (BLIA VIC), Buddha s Day and Multicultural Festival is a truly unique annual event which celebrates Melbourne s diverse multicultural society. Running over two days,...

International Tap Dancing Day

Glamour Puss Studios Melbourne (27/05/09)
In celebration of International Tap Dancing Day, more than 200 of Melbourne s zaniest tap dancers from Glamour Puss Studios & Miss Lou Lou s will take part in the March O Glamour to tap their way down St Kilda...

Little Big Shots

Chinese Whispers Melbourne (03/06/09 to 08/06/09)
Get square eyes with films for kids, about kids, and some even by kids, to amaze and delight kids.

Billy Elliot The Musical

Billy Elliot Melbourne (13/12/08 to 06/06/09)
One small boy, one big dream, one huge musical. The box office smash hit Billy Elliot the Musical is coming to Melbourne this December, playing at Her Majesty s Theatre.

A Day in Pompeii

Pompeii body casts Carlton (08/04/08 to 25/06/09)
Part of the A Day in Pompeii exhibition. To celebrate the announcement of the 2009 Melbourne Winter Masterpiece exhibition, A Day in Pompeii, visitors to Melbourne Museum have the unique opportunity to view a body cast of two women...

Late Night Thursdays @ Fed Square

Late Night Thursdays Melbourne (09/10/08 to 25/06/09)
Have you noticed something different about Fed Square on Thursday nights? NGV Australia and ACMI are open to 9pm so you can enjoy the latest exhibitions without the usual bustle of weekend crowds.

Chamber Music Australia

TASQ Southbank (01/07/09 to 05/07/09)
The Asia-Pacific Chamber Music Competition will be held in Melbourne from 1 to 5 July 2009.

Digital Media Street Festival

Festivals Fitzroy (03/07/09 to 10/07/09)
The Gertrude Association is a not for profit, Incorporated Association that produce projects expressed by the Fitzroy Community. The Gertrude Projector Festival is week of projected media spanning Gertrude Street, Fitzroy in Melbourne.

Beautiful Woman

Bw08 Melbourne (31/07/09 to 01/08/09)
Beautiful Woman exists to Impact, Inspire and equip women of varying ages, cultures and backgrounds to be all they can be. Beautiful Woman reaches thousands of women across our state, our nation and now New Zealand with a message...

Chocolate Rush

Chocolate Rush Abbotsford (08/08/09 to 09/08/09)
Chocolate Rush will take on the 8th & 9th August 2009. The festival will provide a weekend of pure indulgence and includes a variety of hands on chocolate workshops, chocolate and wine matching classes, chocolate tasting classes, master classes,...

Collector's Sunday Market

Markets Docklands (05/10/08 to 04/10/09)
Set along the waterfront promenade and Piazza, the Waterfront City Collector's Sunday market is the ultimate eco-friendly market, offering a range of unique and original products. Discover treasures from the depths of some of Melbourne finest antique and pre-loved...

Aviva Investors Around the Bay in a Day

Finished! Melbourne (18/10/09)
Aviva Investors Around the Bay in a Day is Australia's premier mass participation bike ride. Leading into it s seventeenth year, the event is experiencing significant growth, with over 16,300 riders participating in 2008.

Darwin to Melbourne Thank You Camel Expedition 2008-2009

Russell and Ros and Camels Melbourne (22/11/09)
The Darwin To Melbourne "Thank You" Camel Expedition will leave on Easter Sunday 2008 from Darwin City through the Western Deserts, Northern Territory Deserts, South Australian Deserts, Country Victoria and through the City of Melbourne from Government House on the...

Fed Square Laughter Club

Federation Square Melbourne (05/10/08 to 06/12/09)
Join in a 30-minute laughter session at Federation Square at 11:00am on the 1st Sunday of each month. Laughter Clubs come together for a session and people laugh for no reason without having to resort to jokes or humour....

Honey bees

Photo: Melbourne Museum Carlton (07/06/07 to 30/12/10)
The day to day lives of honey bees. Watch these highly social insects as they collect pollen from a specially planted garden and make honeycomb in their hive. Learn about bee dances and what they mean.

Belonging to Country

Image: Melbourne Museum Carlton (01/01/07 to 30/12/10)
Indigenous art and objects have important stories and meanings to Aboriginal people. They express identity, knowledge of the land, and indigenous views on history.

Bugs Alive!

Image: Melbourne Museum Carlton (01/01/07 to 31/12/10)
Explore the amazing world of insects and spiders! Bugs Alive! includes over 100 species of live insects and spiders, thousands of specimens from the museum's collection, giant models and exciting interactive exhibits.

Forest Secrets

Image: Melbourne Museum Carlton (01/01/07 to 31/12/10)
Discover the hidden stories of Victoria s mountain forests. Step through the glass doors into a living verdant fern gully complete with waterfall and cool temperate rainforest plants. Follow the pathway that leads under the creek and discover...

Darwin to DNA

Image: Melbourne Museum Carlton (01/01/07 to 31/12/10)
Explore the processes and mechanisms of evolution. Darwin to DNA covers three different themes: the historical background on the discovery of evolution; the underlying genetic mechanisms required for evolution to occur; and how our understanding of the evolution of...

Koori Voices

Image: Melbourne Museum Carlton (01/01/07 to 31/12/10)
Revealing the history of Aboriginal people. This exhibition celebrates the diversity of a culture that has withstood the impact of colonisation for nearly two hundred years.