BRISBANE
Get ready to strap on your skates and step out in style at the Lipton Chai Latte Winter Festival. Australia's largest open-air ice skating rink is set up, there's food from over 20 different winter-loving countries and entertainment galore including figure skaters, ice hockey and even a performance of The Nutcracker Suite!
The Winter Festival is on until the 1st of July right in King George Square!
ADELAIDE
With Festival Director, Kate Ceberano, at the helm, the 12th Adelaide Cabaret Festival is in full swing! There are over 50 shows on all around the City of Churches and if you like singing, dancing, and/or acting you’ll have a blast.
MELBOURNE
There’s a lot going on in Melbourne, get down to Luna Park RIGHT NOW for Shaun’s Kick-Ass Party! It’ll be a night of disco and comedy with the money going to raise funds and awareness of Heartkids Victoria. Tickets are $50 for adults and $25 for the kiddliwinks.
Get on down to Federation Square and be bathed in the warmth of The Light in Winter. Inspired by the National Year of the Reading and events will include literary texts, oral traditions, calligraphy, music, body art and braille along with imaginative light sculptures, and surprising collaborations from top international and local artists, designers and architects. Events will be running throughout June and everything is free!
From the creators of Toy Story 3, The Incredibles and Up! comes the latest family adventure-comedy – Brave - starting from the 21st of June. Get into the cinema and check out Disney-Pixar’s latest blockbuster! And a big, brave CONGRATULATIONS to Kelly Allen of Melbourne, who won our Brave competition! Kelly is spending her weekend jetting off to Hollywood to see Brave in red carpet luxury! Great work, Kelly.
SYDNEY
Enjoy knitting? What about crocheting? A fetish for wool products of any kind? Australia's favourite Craft & Quilt Fair has it all – displays of handmade crafts, workshops so you can learn something new and retail stands selling unique craft supplies. Be inspired then buy all you need for your next craft project.
Finishing up this Sunday so get on down to the Craft and Quilt Fair at the Sydney Convention & Exhibition Centre at Darling Harbour. Entry is $17 for Adults.
PERTH
Feel like there aren’t enough enormous reptiles in your life? We all get like that sometimes and for you fortunate folk in Perth there’s a wonderful exhibition on at Scienceworks! Step into the shoes of a palaeontologist and get up-close-and-personal with incredible animatronic dinosaurs in Explore-a-saurus.
Uncover the secrets behind fossils and learn how these prehistoric creatures lived as you test your strength against a T-Rex jaw, compare the types of plants they ate, examine insects under a microscope and recreate the sounds they made. With 16 interactive displays, discover how dinosaurs saw the world around them, how they hid from their prey and even how they digested their food!
