Events in the North West

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FeNaCING- pronounced fee-nack-al-ling. The Karratha based festival celebrates its 37th anniversary in 2009 and is of such importance locally that a public holiday has been declared. Normally held on the first Saturday and Sunday of August (with a day off to recover on Monday).

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Broome races are a must for any visitor to the Kimberley. A very competitive country horse racing combined with local entertainment and other attractions to provide an afternoon and evening of fun, glamour and romance.

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Shinju Matsuri Festival of the Pearl rekindles the excitement and romance of Broome’s early days as a world renowned producer of Pearls and Pearl shell. Japanese, Chinese, Malay, Koepangers, Pilipino and Europeans flocked to Broome from the late 1800’s to be a part of this prosperity.

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The annual Argyle Diamonds Ord Valley Muster is a two-week festival showcasing the East Kimberley region, culture and lifestyle at its very best. Set amidst the magnificent backdrop of the Ord Valley, Lake Kununurra, surrounding gorges, National Parks and stunning reserves, this community-based event assaults the senses with its array of extraordinary and distinctive experiences.

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The Kimberley Writers Festival provides an opportunity for communities of remote northwest Australia to participate in a major literary event. The Festival, held annually since 2005 in Kununurra, attracts visitors from around the country.

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The North West Expo is an event which brings together all the people of the North West from Darwin to Karratha and in so doing, concentrates the expertise of those people for the benefit of the whole of the North West of Australia.

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Every year in November as the clouds build up and the weather warms up, much of the North West slips into the grip of Mango Fever and celebrates with Broome’s Mango Festival. The festival let’s you celebrate the humble mango.

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From May to August each year Norwest racecourses come alive with the sound of thundering hooves and popping champagne corks! In Broome on Saturday afternoons and well into the evening, hoards of punters flock to the picturesque Broome Turf Club set right alongside Cable Beach.

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Come and see the most isolated art exhibition in the world. Cossacks historical Bond Store comes alive in July with over 350 paintings from artists across Australia. The Cossack Art Award is open to established and emerging artists Australia wide.

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In 2006 a handful of dare devil Sydney swimmers chose Lake Argyle to test their talents and raise money for the Royal Flying Doctors Service. The success of this fundraising adventure prompted a unanimous decision from the Ord Valley Muster Committee running under the Kununurra Chamber of Commerce and Industry to add the Lake Argyle Classic to the 2007 Argyle Diamonds Ord Valley Muster event calendar.