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- JANUARY
- FEBRUARY
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- APRIL
- MAY
- JUNE
- JULY
- AUGUST
- SEPTEMBER
- OCTOBER
- NOVEMBER
- DECEMBER
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JANUARY
26 (Brisbane, Qld, Australia)
World Championship Cockroach races,
Storey Bridge Hotel
27 December
- 1 January (Woodford, Qld, Australia)
Woodford
Folk Festival
26 (nationwide, Australia)
Australia Day celebrations
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MARCH
1st Saturday (Sydney, Nsw, Australia)
Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras
(Fiji)
Holi Festival
12-14 (Melbourne, Vic, Australia)
Backpackers and Adventure Travel Expo
13-14 (Christchurch, New Zealand)
Christchurch National Dragon Boat Festival
19 March - 9 April (Melbourne, Vic,
Australia)
Melbourne Food and Wine Festival
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APRIL
Easter weekend (Uladulla, Nsw, Australia)
Uladulla's Blessing of the Fleet festival
10-12 (Fremantle, WA, Australia)
Fremantle Buskers Festival
17 (American Samoa)
Flag Day, boat racing and festivities
25 (Australia and New Zealand)
Anzac Day memorial marches
(Suva Bay, Fiji)
Ram Naumi, Birth of Lord Rama festival
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MAY
Early May (American Samoa)
Touris week - traditional sports and festivities
1-22 (Auckland, Wellington, New
Zealand)
NZ International LAUGH! festival
14-15 (Goroka, PNG)
PNG Coffee Festival and Trade Fair
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JUNE
4 (Tonga)
Emancipation Day - Tongan feasts are legendary
for the food, singing and dancing
11-25 (Sydney, Nsw, Australia)
Sydney Film Festival
11-14 (Darwin, NT, Australia)
Top Half Folk Festival
14-17 (Rabaul, PNG)
National Masks Festival
Mid June (Trobiand Islands, PNG)
Trobriand Island annual yam festivals.
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| JULY
Tahiti
Miss Heiva i Tahiti contest
Tahiti
Month long Heiva i Tahiti festival
14 (Tahiti)
French Bastille Day
July 27 - August 8 (Brsibane, Qld,
Australia)
Brisbane International Film Festival
20-22 (Weipa, Qld, Australia)
Crocodile Festival
TBA, (Alotau, Milne Bay, PNG)
Milamala Yam Festival
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AUGUST
8-12 (Byron Bay, Nsw,
Australia)
Byron Bay Blues and Roots Festival
13-14 (Brisbane,
Qld, Australia)
Brisbane Show (Ekka or Exhibition) with animals,
food, rides and fun
13-15 August
(Mt Hagen, Papua New Guinea)
Annual Highland show
(American Samoa)
Miss America Samoa
(Samoa)
Polynesian Dive Fest
24-29 (Gympie, Qld, Australia)
Gympie National Country Music Muster
27 August - 5 September (Brisbane,
Qld, Australia)
Riverfestival
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SEPTMBER
27
August - 5 September (Brisbane, Qld, Australia)
Riverfestival
Mid September
(Goroka, Papua New Guinea)
Annual Goroka Show
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OCTOBER
1-3 (Nymagee,
Nsw, Australia)
Nymagee Outback Music Festival
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October - 7 November (New Castle, Nsw, Australia)
The Shoot Out 24-Hour Filmmaking Festival
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NOVEMBER
1 November
Oceania All Saints' Day (religious festival,
closures)
5-14 (Perth, WA, Australia)
International Festival for young peiople
6-14 (Gold Coast, Qld, Australia)
Pan Pacific Masters Games
11 November, All Oceania
Armistice Day (ceremonies, closures)
18-28 (Whangarie, New Zealand)
International Film Festival
28 (Auckland, New Zealand)
Farmers Santa Parade and Aotea Square After
Party
Celebraes the start of the festive season
in Auckland with parades etc
Late Nov - Dec 24
Christmas Markets
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DECEMBER
25 December, Christmas Day
All Oceania
26 (Sydney-Hobart, Australia)
Sydney to Hobart yacht race (3 day event)
27 December - 1 January (Woodford,
Qld, Australia)
Woodford Folk Festival
31 December,
New years Eve, all Oceania
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