Sports

Australian Football League Finals Series

Event Date:   9 Sep – 1 Oct 2011

Don’t miss the spectacular crescendo of 24 weeks of fantastic competition in the 2011 AFL Finals Series.

From March to September Australian Rules Football (AFL) teams fight it out to make the top eight and qualify for the final series.

This titanic contest is between two teams with one emerging as the premier side for the year.

Close to 95,000 fans pack the stands of the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) for the grand final while millions watch it worldwide on cable, satellite and free to air television.

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Warrnambool May Racing Carnival

Event Date:    3 – 5 May 2011

The Tabcorp Warrnambool May Racing Carnival is acknowledged as Australia’s premier regional racing Carnival. The annual three day event attracts around 35,000 patrons from local, national and international markets.

The highlight of the Carnival is the ‘Flying Horse Bar & Brewery Grand Annual Steeplechase, raced over 5,500 metres and consisting of 33 jumps. The Annual is the longest thoroughbred race in Australia and has the most jumps of any horse race worldwide.

The race does not follow the conventional course. Competitors leave the racecourse, gallop through paddocks and over roads in a clockwise direction. Horses then re-enter the racecourse and finishing in an anti-clockwise direction.

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Australia Post Stawell Gift

Event Date:   22 – 26 Apr 2011

Address:   Central Park, 8 Lower Main St.,  Stawell VIC 3380

Phone:  03 5358 1326

Fax:   03 5358 4335

Email:   sac@netconnect.com.au

Web:   http://www.stawellgift.com

“Experience the Gift”

Come and discover the magic of one of the world’s most famous and prestigious footraces.

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2011 FORMULA 1(TM) Qantas Australian Grand Prix

Event Date:   24 – 27 Mar 2011

Venue:   Albert Park

Address: Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit
Albert Rd., South Melbourne VIC 3205

Phone:  03 9258 7100 /131 931

Fax:  03 9699 3300

Email:  enquiries@grandprix.com.au

Web:  http://www.grandprix.com.au

The 2011 Formula 1™ Qantas Australian Grand Prix is the country’s premier sporting event and offers an action-packed extravaganza of on-track and off-track activities for people of all ages to enjoy.

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Australian International Airshow

Event Date:    4 – 6 Mar 2011

Venue:  Australian International Airshow

Address:  Avalon Airport, Beach Rd., Avalon VIC 3212

Phone:  02 5282 0500

Fax:  03 5282 4455

Email:  airshow@amda.com.au

Web:  http://www.airshow.com.au

Experience the best high flying action ever seen in Australia at the 2011 Australian International Airshow.

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