South Coast Guides Attractions Events in New South Wales

The Berry Agricultural and Horticultural Show will be held at the Berry showground in February.

Events include: dairy and beef cattle, horse and trotting events, wood chopping, poultry, Angora goats, alpacas, championship dog show, animal nursery and pet show.

Exhibitions will be provided by spinning and weaving groups, pavilion exhibits, the Berry Band, hay bale stacking, rodeo and the dog high-jump contest which is open to all breeds.

The very popular Beaut Utes competition will be followed by a parade of all utes around the Showground ring.

A totally new addition to the arena will be domestic ride-on lawn mower racing with classes being circuit racing, mini tractor pull and go-to-whoa. This should be really good fun for both competitors and spectators, so get involved and dust the cobwebs off the old ride-on for a fun time

Fireworks will be the Grand Finale on Saturday night.

Circus Royale boasts circus superstars from overseas and acclaimed Australian performers.

The show features a death defying high wire walker, hand balancer extraordinaire, acrobats, fast paced jugglers, aerial acts high above and a variety of animals. Don't miss the amazing Man in a Bottle Act!

This is real circus, the way we remember it from our childhood. It’s big, its exciting, its funny and its wonderfully traditional family entertainment. We do circus the old way with six animal acts, featuring camels, llamas, geese, horses, a dog and four black and white cows that have to be seen to believed.

Circus Royale Australia was created by Frank and Manuela Gasser who have had a rich circus heritage in Europe since 1437. Circus Royale has toured constantly since it was formed 38 years ago, visiting every part of Australia and neighbouring countries.

Circus Royale boasts circus superstars from overseas and acclaimed Australian performers.

The show features a death defying high wire walker, hand balancer extraordinaire, acrobats, fast paced jugglers, aerial acts high above and a variety of animals. Don't miss the amazing Man in a Bottle Act!

This is real circus, the way we remember it from our childhood. It’s big, its exciting, its funny and its wonderfully traditional family entertainment. Its circus the old way with six animal acts, featuring camels, llamas, geese, horses, a dog and four black and white cows that have to be seen to believed.

Circus Royale Australia was created by Frank and Manuela Gasser who have had a rich circus heritage in Europe since 1437. Circus Royale has toured constantly since it was formed 38 years ago, visiting every part of Australia and neighbouring countries.

Circus Royale boasts circus superstars from overseas and acclaimed Australian performers.

The show features a death defying high wire walker, hand balancer extraordinaire, acrobats, fast paced jugglers, aerial acts high above and a variety of animals. Don't miss the amazing Man in a Bottle Act!

This is real circus, the way we remember it from our childhood. It’s big, its exciting, its funny and its wonderfully traditional family entertainment. We do circus the old way with six animal acts, featuring camels, llamas, geese, horses, a dog and four black and white cows that have to be seen to believed.

Circus Royale Australia was created by Frank and Manuela Gasser who have had a rich circus heritage in Europe since 1437. Circus Royale has toured constantly since it was formed 38 years ago, visiting every part of Australia and neighbouring countries.

Circus Royale boasts circus superstars from overseas and acclaimed Australian performers.

The show features a death defying high wire walker, hand balancer extraordinaire, acrobats, fast paced jugglers, aerial acts high above and a variety of animals. Don't miss the amazing Man in a Bottle Act!

This is real circus, the way we remember it from our childhood. It’s big, its exciting, its funny and its wonderfully traditional family entertainment. Its circus the old way with six animal acts, featuring camels, llamas, geese, horses, a dog and four black and white cows that have to be seen to believed.

Circus Royale Australia was created by the Gasser family who have had a rich circus heritage in Europe since 1437. Circus Royale has toured constantly since it was formed 38 years ago, visiting every part of Australia and neighbouring countries.

Circus Royale boasts circus superstars from overseas and acclaimed Australian performers.

The show features a death defying high wire walker, hand balancer extraordinaire, acrobats, fast paced jugglers, aerial acts high above and a variety of animals. Don't miss the amazing Man in a Bottle Act!

This is real circus, the way we remember it from our childhood. It’s big, it's exciting, it's funny and it's wonderfully traditional family entertainment. It's circus the old way with six animal acts, featuring camels, llamas, geese, horses, a dog and four black and white cows that have to be seen to believed.

Circus Royale Australia was created by Frank and Manuela Gasser who have had a rich circus heritage in Europe since 1437. Circus Royale has toured constantly since it was formed 38 years ago, visiting every part of Australia and neighbouring countries.

Circus Royale boasts circus superstars from overseas and acclaimed Australian performers. The show features a death defying high wire walker, hand balancer extraordinaire, acrobats, fast paced jugglers, aerial acts high above and a variety of animals. Don't miss the amazing Man in a Bottle Act!

This is real circus, the way you remember it from your childhood. It’s big, it's exciting, it's funny and it's wonderfully traditional family entertainment. They do circus the old way with six animal acts, featuring camels, llamas, geese, horses, a dog and four black and white cows that have to be seen to be believed.

Circus Royale Australia was created by the Gasser family who have had a rich circus heritage in Europe since 1437. Circus Royale has toured constantly since it was formed 38 years ago, visiting every part of Australia and neighbouring countries.

The Kangaroo Valley Show is a good example of a rural show and features the stock and produce as well as the cooking and crafts of a small country town.

Attractions include: cattle, horse and dog events, poultry, produce, flowers, handcrafts and cooking displays, the wood chopping competition, iron person competition, talent quest, sideshows, rides and parachutists from Albatross.

A rodeo is held on the Saturday evening on the completion of ring events.

Kangaroo Valley Agricultural and Horticultural Show is a great family event, to be held at the Kangaroo Valley Showground on Moss Vale Road. It will have plenty of action with equestrian events, cattle and horse judging, a rodeo, amusement rides and sideshow alley, dog show and lots more fun. This event is ideal for people of all ages.

The Merimbula Jazz Festival has been held every June long weekend since 1981 involving approximately 150 bands, 700 musicians playing all styles of jazz from trad, ragtime, big bands, swing, mainstream, modern and funk.

The Festival events are conducted in seven venues-- within one modern hotel and three modern clubs . Venues include the Lakeview Hotel, Merimbula RSL Club , Pambula- Merimbula Golf Club and Club Sapphire ( Merimbula Imlay Bowling Club ). All venues are wheel chair accessible and provide food and drinks within the dining rooms or small snacks also available.

Enjoy a long weekend of jazz music, dancing, good company, a street parade and great restaurants all conducted at sunny Merimbula located on the Far South Sapphire Coast of New South Wales—six hours drive south of Sydney and seven hours north of Melbourne. Enjoy the Experience.

Thousands of people travel to Milton each October long weekend when it pays tribute to the district's rural heritage.

A full day of entertainment including activities from clowns, magicians, story tellers and street theatre performers, there are also lots of craft and nick-nack stalls at the Village markets all in the centre of town. Activities include history walks, pioneer and rural displays including sheep shearing and whip cracking.

The Milton Agricultural and Horticultural Show is a great family event, held at the Milton Show Ground on Croobyar Road.

The show will have plenty of action with cattle, horses, equestrian events, poultry, amusement rides, sideshow alley, rodeo and so much more!

The show is ideal for people of all ages.

The Milton Agricultural and Horticultural Show is an annual event. Highlights include dairy and beef cattle, llamas, dog show, poultry pavilion including pigeons, pavilion displays, bullock team display, camel rides, vintage car display, Milton Town band, Show girls, beaut ute competition, wood chopping and rodeo and much more. Bring the family along for a great day out!

Each year the Netti MTB Cycling Enduro event sells out and the Mogo tracks are still the best we have found in Australia. With awesome single track, beautiful berms, rolling hills, exciting fire trails and the beach is right there for a post ride surf or swim - perfect!!

The Netti MTB Enduro incorporates:
The Angry Doctor - A 100 kilometre loop, with close to 70 kilometres of single track and narrow fire trail providing a wild, whooping and challenging ride.
The Irate Intern - A 50 kilometre loop.
The Nasty Nurse Prologue - An 11 kilometre loop open to anyone. Maybe you are just coming to support your mate and want to have a try - this is your chance! Participants will go off at 30 second intervals - you will be able to book a time in advance or just show up and enter on the day.

There will be spectator vantage points for those who simply want to see how fit, enthused people spend a day on their cycles....

The Nowra Greyhound Track Markets are large monthly markets with undercover areas for markets during inclement weather. They offer an assortment of goods including arts, craft, bric-a-brac, new and second hand tools, plants of all kinds. This market occurs on the fourth Sunday of each month, and is held at the Pinebowl Track.

Major attractions of the Nowra Show include: a Navy Seahawk helicopter, a bullock team, cattle, produce, flowers, handicraft and cooking displays in the pavilion, trade displays, sideshows and rides.

Events of the Nowra Show include: championship wood chopping, freestyle motocross, a Ute challenge, horse events and judging and the sheep dog fly-ball.

A rodeo will be held on the Friday evening and a fireworks display Saturday evening.

Two days of action-packed fun that is great value for the entire family.

The Pyree Village Arts and Craft Market is held in the Shoalhaven Potters Workshop adjacent to the distinctive red Pyree Hall on Greenwell Point Road. This monthly market is held on the fourth Sunday of each month. Locally produced arts, crafts, and produce, pottery, glassware, woodcraft, needlecraft, natural fibre baskets, plants, cakes, jams and lots more are available.

The South Coast Orchid Club presents a specialist orchid show for Australian Native Sarcanthinae Orchids although other orchids in flower at the time will be on show.

Sarcanthinae are principally Australian native orchids from the rainforests and rocky ravines. Whilst their flowers are small they are very prolific, ranging in colour from crystalline white through pinks to deep reds.

This will be a spectacular show of these seldom seen orchids with typically 150 plants on show.

As an additional interest a prominent local bonsai expert, David Hoff, will display his spectacular collection and will be on hand to explain the finer points of the art of Bonsai.

Sales of both orchids and bonsai will be available but be early.

Please Note: Due to changes expected to be made to the venue, Bega Town Hall, there may be a change of venue which will be notified as soon as possible.

The Spring Orchid Show at Bega is an annual event on the Sapphire Coast and follows the Winter Orchid Show in Merimbula. This show has a strong Cymbidium class but is a showplace for Australian Native orchids. These are well supported by a large variety of other exotic orchids that are in flower at this time of the year.

Entry is free and there is a sales table where club members sell plants excess to their needs. It’s a great place to pick up quality plants at very reasonable cost but be early.

The Sapphire Coast Orchid Club's Winter Show is the most spectacular orchid show on the New South Wales far South Coast and will be held at Twyford Hall in Merimbula. With hundreds of spectacular blooms on display this annual event attracts growers from all over the south coast vying for the coveted awards.

Cymbidium orchids are at their best at this time of the year, and visitors can see state of the art blooms on show. Along with the rapidly expanding Australian native orchid section there are many other exotic varieties of orchids on show. Potting demonstrations and tips on orchid culture will be given by some of the South Coast’s top orchid growers.

There is a sales table where members sell excess plants, this provides an opportunity for both the enthusiast as well as the public to purchase quality plants at very reasonable prices, you’ll need to be early.

If you have an interest in anything historical or South Coast Heritage you should not miss this event. There will be displays and a variety of speakers will be giving a series of presentations.

It is a great opportunity to chat with others interested in local and family history, and to browse through the latest research aids and publications.

Come along and learn how to research your Family History. Discover the work being done by professional historians, and see the latest research resources. Listen to speakers on a diverse range of historical and family history topics

It will be held at the Nowra School of Arts, Berry Street Nowra on the South Coast just two hours south of Sydney.

The Shoalhaven Regional Food and Wine Show will be a two day extravaganza of the best gourmet food (from olives to cheeses), regional produce (from quail to oysters), award winning wines and beer (enjoy by the glass or take home a bottle) and delicious food from local restaurants including Indian, Seafood, Italian, gourmet pies and sausage rolls, savoury and sweet pastries plus more. There will be live cooking demonstrations by Celebrity Chef James Reeson from Alive and Cooking at 11am and 1pm both days.

Live music and entertainment running all weekend as well as major prize giveaways including barbecues, weekend getaways, coffee equipment plus much more.

Come along and try, and enjoy the best food and wine the Shoalhaven and surrounding regions have to offer.

This is an indoor, undercover event and will be held rain, hail or shine. Free parking available for all visitors.

The South Coast Caravan, Camping and Holiday Expo will showcase over 100 exhibitors displaying a fabulous range of products and services.

With family entertainment and free parking, the Expo offers the perfect opportunity to see the very best the caravan and camping industry has to offer.

No matter whether you’re a seasoned RV traveller or thinking of buying your first vehicle, the Expo is for you. Exhibits will include caravans, camper trailers, motorhomes and campervans in price ranges to suit every pocket - as well as accessories, a great selection of camping equipment and holiday destination information galore.

And don't miss the fascinating 14,000 litre Supertank. Stocked with a variety of freshwater fish, the Supertank's clear sides allow you to see how the fish react when fishing experts demonstrate the latest equipment and casting techniques.

The South Coast Wine Show takes place in January of each year at the Milton Showground. It is a showcase for wines from the South Coast Zone which incorporates the Shoalhaven Coast and Southern Highlands wine regions.

The Show includes a public tasting evening after the official judging.

In 2009, almost two hundred people including locals and visitors to the area for the Australia Day weekend attended and tasted entries from vineyards and wineries of the zone and both regions.

There were 144 entries from 21 Vineyards and Wineries (7 Southern Highlands Wine Region, 10 Shoalhaven Coast Wine Region and 4 South Coast Zone). Medals Awarded: Gold - 7, Silver - 21 and Bronze - 44

Fishing is an important element of Ulladulla's economy and the Blessing of the Fleet is an honoured tradition kept alive by the area's descendants of the original Italian fishing community and by the proud town in general.

There are a myriad of colourful and exciting events held throughout the Festival over the Easter weekend and beyond, including the Blessing of the Fleet main street parade and day of entertainment on Easter Sunday.

This true family festival will be staged over all three days of Easter holiday but the most significant element will be the actual Blessing of the Fleet, on the morning of Easter Sunday.

Come and enjoy the South Coast Maritime and History Expo at the Ulladulla Civic Centre on Easter Saturday and Sunday

The festivities will conclude with a magnificent fireworks display, over Ulladulla Harbour on Easter Sunday. There is also the Harbour Markets on Easter Monday.