Australian Events
2002

Jacob's Creek Tour Down Under, Adelaide, South Australia
15-20 January 2002
The Jacob's Creek Tour Down Under is an international road cycling race staged over six days, featuring stage starts and finishes in key locations throughout Adelaide and the country regions of South Australia. The event features professional cycling teams as seen in the Tour de France and other major European races. Competitors from Italy, Germany, France and Australia make the Jacob's Creek Tour Down Under the biggest international cycling event of its kind in the Southern Hemisphere. More than 500,000 spectators watched the event in 2001, with an estimated crowd of 100,000 crowding the city streets of Adelaide on day six to watch South Australia's Stuart O'Grady win his second Tour Down Under in three years.

2002 Australian Open, Melbourne Park, Melbourne, Victoria14 - 27 January 2002
One of the four Grand Slams, the Australian Open annually attracts the world's best tennis players to the world's premier tennis venue, Melbourne Park.

Adelaide Festival of Arts, Adelaide, South Australia
1 - 17 March 2002
The biennial Adelaide Festival of Arts has an international reputation for innovation and is one of the world's great arts festivals. The wonderful 2002 program will include music, theatre, dance, visual art exhibitions, free outdoor events, locally made films, food and music, an architecture program, Adelaide Writers' Week, plus a variety of masterclasses, forums and late night venues.

Great Australian Outback Cattle Drive, Birdsville, Queensland to Marree, South Australia
4 - 9 June 2002
A genuine horseback cattle drive through the heart of the Australian Outback, in a recreation of one of the past's most epic journeys. Staged over six weeks with a variety of droving tours available including three, four, seven and eleven night packages. Originates in Birdsville, Queensland, and concludes at Marree in South Australia.

Outback to Adelaide Bushwalk, South Australia
1 July - 30 September 2002
One of the great walking trails in Australia and the world, the Heyson Trail coevers 2,000 kilometres of South Australia's most picturesque bushwalking country, traversing the length ot the arid and spectacular Flinder's Ranges in the Norh down to the lush and beautiful Mt. Lofty Ranges in the south. The trail originates in the rugged and isolated Flinders Ranges in the great Australian Outback. The walking route heads south, crossing huge sheep and cattle stations, ranges of ancient red quarzite, deep gorges and the occassional watering hole visited by kangaroos and other native wildlife. The walk takes in farming country, historic towns, the famous wine areas of the Clare and Barossa Valleys, forests and Natonal Parks.

Lions Camel Cup Carnival, Blatherskite Park, Alice Springs, Northern Territory
July 2002
Famous Central Australian charity camel racing event held at Blatherskite Park, Alice Springs. A great family day featuring a variety of races including Pocamelo - Polo on camels.

Australian Safari, Alice Springs to Darwin, Northern Territory
August 2002
Annual world-renonwned 5000 kilometres cross country classic endurance event from Alice Springs to Darwin, which includes 4WDs, 2WDs, motorcycles and quads.

Henely on Todd Regatta, Alice Springs, Northern Territory
September 2002
This annual Rotary Club charity event at Alice Springs has developed a real cult following. Features waterless boat races and warship battles all held in the famous dry bed of the Todd River, where human horsepower propels bottomless boats amid much good humour.

Telstra 19th National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards, Darwin, Northern Territory
September 2002
Australia's annual premier national indigenous art event. Attracts artists from around the country and buyers from around the world. Held at the Northern Territory Museum and Art Gallery, Darwin.

2002 Bicycles - An Outback Odyssey, Flinders Ranges, South Australia
19 September - 7 October 2002
An Eco - tourism experience, which will be etched into your memory for years to come. The opportunity to mix and match the cycling experience of your choice: The Full Mawson - 14 days off road cycling along the Mawson Trail from Adelaide to Wilpena Pound. The Mini Mawson: 6 days off road road cycling from Clare Valley to Wilpena Pound. The Woolshed Ramble: 5 days on road cycling from Clare Valley wine district to Wilpena Pound. Culminating in a 5 day celebration of cycling, music, food and wine.

Eclipse in the Outback, Ceduna, South Australia
4 December 2002
The Eclipse path begins on 4 December and will make its Australian landfall at Ceduna Lake late in the afernoon. The path ot totality then heads north east across the South Australian Outback before leaving the Earth's surface east of Lake Blanche. The only towns in the path of totality are Ceduna and Lyndhurst (Northern Flinders). Totality passes south of the towns of Andamooka, Glendambo and Roxby Downs and North of Leigh Creek and Woomera.

Sydney 2002 Gay Games VI, Sport & Cultural Festival, Sydney, New South Wales
25 October - 9 November 2002
Gay Games VI is an international sports festival, a cultural festival and a festival of ideas open to all people and requires no minimum standards for entry.The Games are for straight, gay, lesbian, transgender and bisexual people and are not about winning but rather, participating and achieving your personal best whilst having fun.The games and festival will be held at various sport and cultural venues in the Sydney region, including some at Olympic Park and the Homebush Sports Centre.