Coming Events 2011 Perth and Western Australia.

It’s huge – in fact, it is Australia biggest and most entertaining street arts festival!

Fremantle Street Arts Festival will be held on 23-26 April 2011FREMANTLE Street Arts Festival is a bellyaching, awe-inspiring, mind blowing and wonder filled way to spend this year’s extra long Easter weekend.

The cafes, pubs, parks and restaurants will be overflowing as the heart of Fremantle is closed to traffic while over 100,000 people flock to the port city to be dazzled, shocked and entertained as they witness the impish, irreverent and down right hilarious antics of these highly talented and award-winning performers.

The Fremantle Street Arts Festival started in 1999.

Fremantle Mayor Dr Brad Pettitt said the event had built up an enviable reputation over the past 13 years as the country’s premier street performing festival. “It just works in Fremantle,” he said.“We have the beautiful old buildings, the port, the restaurants, the pubs and a culture of nurturing the arts. It all comes together to create an amazing atmosphere – it’s the special Freo magic”.

There will be more than 150 performances from the world’s most sought after artists who will present the best free shows ever seen on the streets of Australia.

Fremantle Streets Arts Festival offers circus, cabaret, musical, vaudeville, comedy and so much more. Wander the streets, taking in one amazing performance after another for the best Easter entertainment imaginable. Crossing international, cultural and age boarders over four huge days, the performers will entertain you, make you laugh and leave you with the natural high only a great time can give you.The spotlight will be on:

Stalker (NSW) performs Elevate –A highly disciplined, physically rigorous, spectacular work that incorporates street dancing, acrobatics and the daring of break dance with Stalker’s spectacular performance. Stalker has performed at festivals worldwide and are regarded as one of the country’s premier physical theatre companies.

HomoCatodicus (France) – An Australian premiere, the head monitor men are a combination of video walking puppetry comedy and high-tech theatre.

USA Breakdancers (USA) Hot favourites on the international festival circuit, this spectacular show is packed with acrobatic stunts, hilarious antics and the hottest dance moves around. Combining comedic talents with cutting-edge dance choreography the USA Breakdancers deliver an unforgettable experience that has crowds all over the world cheering for more.

Funny Bones (Tokyo & UK) This unique Japanese and English combination features amazing giant puppetry, circus skills, comedy magic, mime, hat juggling, voice percussion, break dancing, and forever-new routines in an up-tempo style that changes to suit any atmosphere internationally.

Leapin' Louie (Utah USA) High-energy spoken and physical comedy, audience participation, combined with wild tricks: spinning a 70 foot lasso around himself, whipping a target out of a volunteers hands, setting his head on fire on the 6 foot unicycle and much more.

Married Men (UK) A smorgasbord of freshly delivered physical and verbal comedy garnished with a fine selection of “gentleman juggling”, seasoned with charm, finesse and a bit of domestic upheaval.

Fremantle Street Arts Festival is proudly supported by

Eventscorp and Tourism Western Australia. All performances are free and held at Healthway smoke-free pitches across the city.

For more information visit Fremantle Arts Festival where you will get all the latest goss concerning this wonderful festival.

They help travelers in distress, folks stranded in the middle of nowhere. In fact they provide a valuable service to all who tread a remote pathway, so please do help now by going to Flying Doctor Appeal they really need all the help we can give.

Argyle Diamonds Ord Valley Muster 14th - 30th, May Kununurra

Help to celebrate the Ord Valley Muster's 10th birthday with over two weeks of music, dance, art, craft and indigenous cultural treats.

The community spirit leaves just as large an impression as the awesome landscape.

To find out more on the Kimberley and the North West Click here for more information, there is a whole new world up there for you to experience.

Leonora Golden Gift 5th - 7th June, Leonora

A small outback town + elite athletes, $50.000 up for grabs, a bitumen street come race track, dirt track horse racing, fireworks, market stalls, bands and kids street entertainment all weekend.

The Leonora Golden Gift is a unique outback experience and great entertainment for everybody.Leonora Golden Gift Weekend

Avon Descent is in August and starts at Northam

The Avon Descent is Western Australia's own unique sporting event. This white water race is notbettered by any like event in the world.The event attracts participants from across Australia and overseas.

Competitors challenge the river in a variety of craft, in an exciting two day time trial over 134 kms from Northam to Perth and is spectacular viewing at the various rapids encountered by the boats. To find out more go to avon descent where you will find all you need to know.

This is a 5 day festival with the MAIN activities on the Weekend.
The Flowers are the main attraction with planter boxes full of tulips, a tulip farm and the Floral Display in the town hall.

Displays.

Floral Display Town Hall and Bowling Club Entry $3 pp or $2 for groups over 10Using beautiful tulips and daffodils this display will explore the theme of Myths and Legends

Thylacine Exhibition The old Nursery Grange Rd Entry $2Get updated on the Nannup Tiger, its myth, its legend and latest sightings

Quilt and craft display at Community House Entry by DonationHistorical display in Old Main Roads Building Entry by Donation

Ulysses Motorcycle Club – Saturday at the Village Green 10-2 Bike Parade at 10am
Vintage Car Clubs - Sunday along Brockman StreetEntertainment

Free Choirs both Sat and Sun – Featuring The Ballpoint Penguins Sunday at 12.30 pm

Local regional groups

Fireside Film on Friday the 20th August at Loose Goose Shed,Open Gardens

Holberry House incorporating the Sculpture Walk Ph 97561276Especially Tulips with displays of colourful tulips Ph 97561286

Nannup Lavender Farm with Art Exhibition Free Entry Ph 97560242

Mossbrook B and B – an award winning garden Ph 97561515

Mythic Mazes and Sculpture Garden – Seek out the Holy Grail Special Festival Ph 97562121

Blackwood Wines Enjoy a taste of wine in the garden Free Entry Ph 97560077

To find out more information head off to Nannup Flower and Garden Festival. where you will find out all you need to know.

If you happen to decide to drive up to Kununurra for the Ord Valley Muster or just plan on driving up, here is some

tips for safe outback driving for you. It can be a little scary on the dirt roads (rough, but it is safe) so just make sure you know what to do in case of an emergency.

Here they are again Your safe driving tips in rough country You will love the Kimberley just as I do.

Australia's No 1 Surf lifesaving Carnival is coming to Scarborough Beach again this year (2012). Make sure you get there to support the girls and boys who do so much to make our lives safer.

The Australian Safari is coming again in 2011

Australia’s toughest motor sport challenge, the Australasian Safari, will start in the Perth again next year, 2011 with a new course, new vehicle and competitor categories, as well as heavily discounted Early bird entry fees.

The week-long endurance event for cars, motorbikes and quad bikes will start in the Western Australian capital for the first time on August 1, with another innovative route that will build on the outstanding success of the 2008 event.

The course for the 2009 Safari was applauded as one of the best in the event’s long history, and according to event director, Justin Hunt, things will only get better in 2011.

The anticipated record field will face a grueling 3700 competitive kilometres across the rugged Western Australia outback during the seven day event.

Just getting to the finish line will be a significant achievement.

Competitors from all over the World will ensure that the competition is hot and a spot on the podium is much sought after by all competitors.

Victory in each of the three key competition categories – car, motorbike and quad bike - will rightly be savored, and the winners revered.

There is a total of approximately 4300kms of the roughest country in Australia to be traveled by the competitors

The Western Australian wild flower season is over but will be back about August.

They also open in the South West of the state a little later than August You can easily take a day trip to Nannup or Pemberton where you will feast your eyes on the splendor of these wild flowers which are spread right across the South West of Western Australia.

The wild flower season ends about November/December.

The Margaret surf classic

The Margaret surf classic has an international reputation andSurfer's Point is a world class location which features massive swells, spring weather and an excellent festive weekend atmosphere.

The River Classic is the most sought-after event on the Western Australian surf calendar. Read More Why not try a great weekend break at one of Australia's best surf beaches (Surfers Point) and attend this world renowned surf event.

Don't forget the junior championship in December.

Contact Chris for more info.

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