Hobart
Summer
Festival
Held
from
December
28 to
January
3 the
festival
attracts
180
000
people
and
includes
the
Taste
of Tasmania
- the
biggest
open
air
restaurant
in Australia
and
a showcase
for
fine
Tasmanian
food
and
wine.
Entertainment
from
11am
till
midnight
each
day
includes
jazz
music,
fashion
parades,
buskers,
street
theatre,
bush
bands
and
multicultural
bands.
Sydney
to Hobart
Yacht
Race
The
biggest
ocean
yacht
race
in Australia
and
one
of the
world's
great
ocean
racing
classics.
The
yachts
leave
Sydney
on Boxing
day,
most
arriving
before
the
new
year
and
a giant
party
is held
to welcome
home
the
fleet
