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Salamanca Market – Hobart – Tasmania
Saturdays all year
Colourful characters come out in full force every Saturday, from 8:30am to 3:00pm, at Hobart Salamanca Market.
Some of the best arts and crafts, food and flowers produced in
Tasmania are displayed at Salamanca Market. It offers a shopping
experience with a difference. Salamanca Market is one of those special
places where you actually meet the people who create, make or grow what
they sell.
You can buy anything from a handmade wooden toy to a handspun, hand-knitted sweater to a 50-year-old china plate.
The streetscape is famous for its historic Georgian warehouses,
dating back to the 1830s. Many of these warehouses have been converted
into galleries, theatres, cafes, craft shops and restaurants. The
market highlights the creative skills of the local craftspeople in a
atmosphere that is inspiring, innovative and entertaining. While strolling through the market take a look at Kellys
Steps. These were built 1839 by the legendary adventurer, sealer, and
whaler James Kelly to link Salamanca Place with historic Battery Point.
Rugby Union
March – August The Super 12 competition
pitting Australian, South African and New Zealand teams runs March -
May. International Test matches, including the Wallaby - All Black
Bledisloe Cup clashes, run June - August. Australian Rules Football
April – September The support for Aussie
Rules is most passionate in Melbourne where club games commonly attract
40,000 on a Saturday or Sunday during the competition, April -
September.
Rugby League
April – September A tough, highly physical
game that evolved from Rugby Union, Rugby League has its home in
Sydney, though teams from Melbourne, Canberra, Brisbane and Queensland
participate. Season runs April - September.
Biggest race of all – Melbourne Cup
First Tuesday of November every year It is no exaggeration to
say that the Melbourne Cup is the 'race that stops the nation'. On the
first Tuesday of November each year, Australians tune in by radio and
television to Flemington Racecourse for the running of the 3,200 metre
race which is televised to over 350 million people.
Website: www.melbournecup.com
Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race
26 December The annual Boxing Day
launch of the Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race draws hundreds of thousands
of visitors to Sydney Harbour for the spectacle of some of the fastest
yachts on the planet setting sail for Hobart, Tasmania. One of the
great ocean races in the world and among the toughest.
Website: www.rolexsydneyhobart.com
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