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Leura village prepares itself for the 2018 Garden Festival. On its 54th year it promises to be as exciting as ever with 9 private gardens opening to the public, plus the well known “Everglades” a large National Trust property. Visitors will have a unique opportunity to see a great variety of the very best the region has to offer, as well as the chance to interact and get some ideas with some of the garden owners, who may be present during the Festival.

The gardens will be open to public in new format from this year, but nothing changes in goodwill. All proceeds raised from the gardens will benefit the Blue Mountains District Anzac Memorial Hospital and Blue Mountains health related organisations.     

Dates for Open Gardens : Saturday 29 & Sunday 30 September , and  Monday 1 October 2018. Friday 5, Saturday 6 & Sunday 7 October 2018.  The gardens will open from 9:30am to 4:30pm daily.

Entry Fees: $25 pp for a multiple entry ticket to all the gardens, and $8 pp for a single garden entry ticket. FREE entry for children under 16 years old. 

The Plant Sales: Open everyday from Saturday 29 September to Sunday 7 October 2018.

Pre-Festival Tours: From Monday 24 to Friday 28 September 2018.

For further information, please visit the official website.

Once again Sydney-siders' favourite event in the winter months Vivid Sydney is back, now as the biggest event of its kind worldwide!

From Friday the 26th of May to Saturday the 17th of June once again Vivid Sydney is back, now as the biggest event of its kind worldwide! 

The popular Sydney Festival is back in town. It runs from the 8th to the 26th of January, and as always it will be packed with exciting events with around 300 performances,100 events & over 1000 artists.

Theatre, live concerts, dance, exhibitions, opera, installations, etc,etc... All kinds of arts from all over the world get together in Sydney. Some of Sydney's popular restaurants will serve special lunch & dinner packages during the festival.

For ticketing and further information please visit the official site.

Dates: 8 - 26 January 2015

Location: Various venues.  (e.g. Hyde Park, Sydney Town Hall, Opera House, Parramatta, etc.)

Have you seen the gigantic Rubber Duck at Parramatta river? (Artwork by Florentijn Hofman, The Netherlands) This yellow ducky is five storeys tall and five storeys wide! It will stay until the end of the festival.

*Copyrights of the original artwork belongs to the artist.

Carols in the Domain, Sydney siders and Australia's favourite Christmas event, and again it promises an exciting line-up of talented performers.

- The biggest public free event in Australia
- Carols with candles, picnics, fireworks. tv broadcast on channel 7.
- Famous singers and tv stars appearing.

This year's line-up includes Taylor Henderson, Dami Im, Samantha Jade, Mark Vincent, Adam Garcia, The McClymonts, Lee Kernaghan, Judith Durtham & the cast of Wicked the Musical, and so on.

Saturday 20-December
Carols in the Domain
@ The Domain, Royal Botanic Gardens 

Event carnival commences from 12:00, pre-show entertainment from 15:00, Concerts from 20:30-23:00.
For more details please visit:  http://www.carolsinthedomain.com/

Pack your picnic basket, blankets, and don't forget the mosquito spray.

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