Travel guide Western Australia

The Heart of Gold Festival is a week long annual celebration of Arts and Culture in the Goldfields that highlights the huge variety of events taking place in the community every day. Kalgoorlie Boulder is rich in arts and cultural based activities and the groups and organisations involved should be highly commended for their time and dedication. The festival is being run by Artgold. For more information on the festival or becoming a member of Artgold please visit the website.. www.artgold.net.au Read more

The Valley will rumble once again on the Queen's Birthday long weekend with the annual Gannon's Ladies Day at Northam Race Club.

It will be another day of fabulous fashion and entertainment, with all the excitement of provincial racing!

For the best seat in the house and a great day out with the girls, reserve a table in the Ladies Day Marquee! For more information, contact the Northam Race Club reception during business hours.

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Leave your troubles behind, enjoy and let loose with the only ABBA show endorsed by the members of ABBA! Get ready for an action packed, world-class show featuring the most irresistible pop melodies performed in Bjorn Again's unique way, featuring ABBA's biggest hits which include SOS, Honey Honey, Take a Chance On Me, Knowing Me Knowing You, Super Trouper, Waterloo and Dancing Queen, and many many more. . www.manpac.com.au/show_inside.php?id=303 Read more

The Coal and Allied Singleton Art Prize is a major annual event on the cultural calendar of Singleton with a prize pool of over AUD15,250. On average 600 works are hung and all are for sale. This major Singleton event has been running for more than 31 years and is organised by a committee of The Rotary Club of Singleton on Hunter.Opening Night is on Friday, 19 July 2013 so come along and enjoy food, wine and light entertainment by Cavalier Acoustica.It is well supported by the business community, Singleton Council and the general public, with over 1,500 people attending the opening night and the five days of exhibition, held in July each year.The work which wins the major prize up to AUD5,000 is acquisitive and is donated to the Singleton Collection, the collection holds more than 88 works... Read more

The City of Busselton presents Jazz by the Bay - a celebration of jazz featuring entertainers fresh from the Perth International Jazz Festival.

A great line-up of musicians, singers and jazz bands will perform at locations across Dunsborough.

Recharge yourself in Dunsborough over the long weekend, combine the best in culinary delights with top-class jazz set against a relaxing and truly beautiful backdrop.

Jazz by the Bay, where else would you rather be?

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The 2013 Goldfields Cyclassic is billed as "The Richest Handicap Cycle Race in Australia".The two-stage cycle race across the Western Australian Goldfields starts from Kalgoorlie-Boulder and heads north to Menzies (132 kilometres). Stage two leaves Menzies and heads on to Leonora the following day. Riders will be racing across some of the country's richest, historic landscapes the Western Australian Goldfields. As a handicap event, it attracts all manner of cyclists - from the professional riders to the weekend enthusiasts - all with an equal chance to take home a substantial prize purse.This year the event celebrates the 85th anniversary of the Menzies Classic and will honour the winners in true Goldfields style in the Menzies Town Hall before heading north for the final stage, which will... Read more

Don't miss out on the special "Children's Corner" Musical Storytelling family opening event with wonderfully interactive musical stories for children presented by Narrator Michael Harding, Cellist Melinda Gourlay and Pianist Irina Vasileva.

A.A. Milne: Winnie the Pooh - Best Loved and Favourite Stories.

Roald Dahl: Revolting Rhymes and Dirty Beasts - Great storyteller's twist on nursery rhymes and poems about unsuspecting animals.

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The Broome Marathon Festival is held on Cable Beach near Broome in Western Australia.

The festival includes a variety of races including the 11.3 kilometre Matso's Dash, the 19.6 kilometre Life and Soul Run or the full 42.2 kilometre LJ Hooker Broome Marathon.

Low tide ensures hard packed sand for this beach running festival. Come and run on one of the most amazing beaches in Australia, in perfect 'Dry Season' conditions.. www.broomemarathon.com.au Read more

The York Community Resource Centre, The York Society Inc, and Dymocks Hay Street Bookstore, invite you to a special event in York - As The River Runs, Stephen Scourfield accompanied by Will Yeoman, A Performance in Words and Music.

The Kimberley landscape and characters of Stephen Scourfield's new novel, As The River Runs, are brought to life in this words-and-music performance. Stephen is the Travel Editor of The West Australian and is accompanied by Will Yeoman, the Books Editor of The... Read more

Ian McNamara hits the road with his Gumboot Band and special guests, with a concert tour celebrating more than 30 years of 'Australia All Over', the legendary ABC Sunday morning radio show that connects Aussies all over this wide brown land, and around the world. A Macca concert will showcase the songs that have touched him and his listeners, spin a yarn or two and bring to the stage his genuine love of country that makes 'Australia All Over' part of the Sunday morning ritual for so many people. As he travels the country Macca will also be joined by special guests, singing songs from his best selling 'Top 100' CD and just like Sunday morning, you never know who will turn up. It's a night of music, song and laughter. I know he would love to see you, so........... "Get on with it Macca"! . w... Read more