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What's on in Sydney and NSW
Whatever your passion - fine food, beautiful wine, outdoor music events, big-city shows - you'll find a festival or event on in Sydney and around NSW this October. Old favourites include Crave Sydney International Food Festival, Sculpture by the Sea, Orange Wine Week and Parramasala. New delights range from shows such as Legally Blonde The Musical to newly hatted restaurants in Bonville, Merimbula, Pokolbin and Newcastle.
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Celebrate the arrival of spring at events sprinkled across NSW. Orange Wine Week, from 19-28 October, features the region’s premium wines through wine shows, tastings and workshops; Australia's most renowned apple growing region around Batlow is on mouth-watering show on 20 October during the Batlow Apple Blossom Festival; the Wingham Akoostik Music Festival
is a celebration of original music performed outdoors from 20-21 October; fresh local seafood is the star at Tastes of the Bay from 3-4 November in Nelson Bay. Find out more.
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Combine a relaxing train trip to Sydney with all the big-city fun of Legally Blonde The Musical, now showing at the Sydney Lyric Theatre. The Australian premiere has been getting rave reviews for its great musical score and all-star Australian cast that includes Lucy Durack (Wicked) as Elle Woods and Rob Mills (Wicked, Young Talent Time) as Warner. Book a CountryLink package now with return travel to Sydney, two nights’ twin-share accommodation and an ‘A’ reserve ticket to the show from $353pp*. Book now.
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From 8-11 November 2012, historic Parramatta will be alive with the amazing music, colour and tastes of South Asia at Parramasala. The festival kicks off with the Bollywood Block Party, featuring Kamahl as MC, dance and drumming stars, The Bombay Royale, and Sri Lankan acrobatic and drum ensemble, Naadro. Check out all the action at the Masala Markets, the Festival Bar and Parramatta’s popular Church Street, also known as the city’s eat street. Book now.
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Now that we know where to find the 28 hatted restaurants in regional NSW courtesy of the Sydney Morning Herald’s Good Food Guide 2013, start planning a delicious gourmet getaway. Two-hatted Aubergine is located in Griffith (ACT), Biota Dining in Bowral and No. 2 Oak Street in beautiful Bellingen. Find one-hatted delights in Berrima, Blackheath, Cowra, Kilcare, Newcastle, Nelson Bay, Orange and Wollongong. Long-term favourites not to miss are Lolli Redini in Orange, Vulcans in Blackheath, Neila in Cowra and Fins at Kingscliff.
Bon appetit!
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Now in its 16th year, this inspiring outdoor sculpture exhibition transforms the already-spectacular setting along the Bondi to Tamarama coastal walk into a 2-km outdoor gallery. See more than 100 sculptures by local and international artists including Lou Lambert, Peter Lundberg, Steinunn Thorarinsdottir and Sui Jian Guo. It’s on from 18 October - 4 November, 24 hours a day, and it’s free. And the best time to go? Midweek, early or late in the day.
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What's On in october
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Firefighters from around the globe compete in 55 sports in Sydney from 19-28 October. Find out how to get involved.
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Be at Bondi Beach on 14 October for breakfast with some unusual ingredients – sunrise, surf, celebrity chefs, symphony and a soprano.
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Athletes from across Australia will swim, cycle and run in Port Macquarie on 28 October for this title in the Australian Age Group Championship.
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More than 800 classic American autos, hot rods, dragsters and low-rider bicycles will be on show at The Entrance from 26-28 October.
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