{"id":18415,"date":"2014-05-11T01:20:00","date_gmt":"2014-05-11T01:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/fraser-coast-season-of-events\/"},"modified":"2014-05-11T01:20:00","modified_gmt":"2014-05-11T01:20:00","slug":"fraser-coast-season-of-events","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/2014\/05\/fraser-coast-season-of-events\/","title":{"rendered":"Fraser Coast Season of Events"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"ltr\" trbidi=\"on\">#imm #ate14 <\/p>\n<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/immate.travmedia.com\/images\/uploads\/gallery\/235459\/235459_num755214_600x600.png\" height=\"272\" width=\"400\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Fun on the Fraser Coast\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>June<\/p>\n<p>Savour a quirky, world famous gourmet weekend For one weekend in June, the heritage streetscapes and riverside parks of Maryborough transform into a sea of colour and culture, offering everything from famous chefs and gourmet tastes and a world theatre premiere to a pub fest famous the world over.<\/p>\n<p>Relish Food and Wine Festival <br \/>7 June, Portside, Maryborough <\/p>\n<p>Join famous local and Australian chefs at this gourmet food and wine experience showcasing regional wineries and produce, including the Fraser Coast&#8217;s famous seafood. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.relishfrasercoast.com.au\/\">www.relishfrasercoast.com.au<\/a><\/p>\n<p>World&#8217;s Greatest Pub Fest<br \/>8 June, Maryborough <br \/>A quirky, moving festival around Maryborough&#8217;s historic pubs with thousands of revellers dressing in outrageous costumes \u2013 all in the name of raising money for charity.  This year, it&#8217;s the Alzheimer&#8217;s Association.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.worldsgreatestpubfest.com.au\/\">www.worldsgreatestpubfest.com.au<\/a><\/p>\n<p>JULY<\/p>\n<p>Mary Poppins Festival<\/p>\n<p>30 June to Sunday 6 July, Portside, Maryborough<\/p>\n<p>Held in honour of the Maryborough born author of Mary Poppins, this colourful, quirky festival is complete with nanny races, steam trains, sidewalk art, Poppins characters, vintage styling and more.  <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.marypoppinsfestival.com.au\/\">www.marypoppinsfestival.com.au<\/a><\/p>\n<p>July &#8211;  Oct<\/p>\n<p>Hervey Bay Whale FestivalThe world&#8217;s most unique whale watching destination celebrates its amazing relationship with the whales with a month long festival. Includes lantern parade, blessing of the fleet, &#8216;Paddle out for Whales\u201d, lecture series and workshops. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.herveybaywhalefestival.com.au\/\">www.herveybaywhalefestival.com.au<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sep<\/p>\n<p>RACQ Technology Challenge   <br \/>13 -14 September, Maryborough This amazing race towards the future involves hundreds of studentscompeting in one of the most gruelling endurance races for teenagers. It&#8217;s the feature event of the RACQ Technology Challenge, where students design, build and race machines that harness alternative energy.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.technologychallenge.com.au\/\">www.technologychallenge.com.au<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.technologychallenge.com.au\/\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Maryborough Open House<br \/>27-28 September<\/p>\n<p>Maryborough opens its doors for a rare look inside its grandest buildings and homes. There is also a full program of events and entertainment across the weekend, including a ghost tour and quirky torchlight tours, music and art, steam train rides, antique cars, vintage and collectables.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.maryboroughopenhouse.com.au\/\">www.maryboroughopenhouse.com.au<\/a><br \/><a data-hashtags=\"travel\" data-size=\"large\" data-via=\"rodeime\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\">Tweet<\/a>  <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>#imm #ate14 Fun on the Fraser Coast\u00a0 June Savour a quirky, world famous gourmet weekend For one weekend in June, the heritage streetscapes and riverside parks of Maryborough transform into a sea of colour and culture, offering everything from famous chefs and gourmet tastes and a world theatre premiere to a pub fest famous the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18415","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18415","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18415"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18415\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18415"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18415"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18415"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}