Are you a fan of culture, camping and camels? Then we’ve hit the trifecta with the with the Tara Festival of Culture and Camel Races, on from 2nd to 4th August.
Held every 2 years, this country event includes 2 days of camel racing with top ‘hump’ jockeys vying for the Tara Camel Cup!
Besides action on the track, the festival features street parades, markets, sheep shearing, yabby races and live music.
Those magnificent annual visitors to Hervey Bay – mighty Humpbacks – are the reason for the revelry that is Hervey Bay Whale Festival on 3rd August.
Highlights include a lantern parade through the streets and the Paddle Out for Whales – a moving event on the water to raise awareness of whale and ocean conservation.
The Met Gala’s got nothing on the Australian Wearable Art Festival, happening on the Sunshine Coast on the 9th and 10th August.
39 national and international wearable sculptures will grace a 27-metre-long fashion stage at Bokarina, in a lavish event where haute couture meets high art.
Hitch your wagon to an amazing bush celebration happening in late winter. The Cobb & Co Festival takes over the towns of Surat and Yuleba from the 16th to 25th August.
This year’s event marks a century since the last Cobb & Co coach ran in Australia.
You can recreate the horse-drawn travel of yesteryear with joy rides on stagecoaches, wagons, traps and sulkies.
To discover more fabulous festivals, events and celebrations in picturesque Queensland locations, jump online and head to the Queensland.com events page.
