Wat er het hele jaar speelt in Sydney, Australië

Topdrukte — de drukste maand volgens de redactie, Australia Day

• Festival

  Sydney Festival

  8–25 janKunstenfestival

  Three weeks of theatre, music and free outdoor work across the city in January, timed to the hottest, emptiest, most holiday-shaped part of the year. Bron ↗

• Seizoen

  Warmest sea of the year

  15 jan – 31 mrt · meestalZee op temperatuur

  The ocean pools and the harbour beaches are at their best from mid-January into March, well after the school holiday crowds have gone back.

• Feestdag

  Australia Day

  26 janNationale feestdagDrukSluitingen

  26 January is a national public holiday, and for many a day of protest, near the end of the summer school break: capital cities hold fireworks, concerts and citizenship ceremonies alongside Invasion Day rallies, some shops shorten hours, and roads are busy as families head home. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Bushfire smoke risk (1 nov – 28 feb (meestal)), New Year's Eve fireworks (31 dec – 1 jan)

Topdrukte — de drukste maand volgens de redactie, Mardi Gras

• Festival

  Mardi Gras

  10 feb – 10 mrt · meestalPrideDrukBoek vroeg

  A three-week festival ending in the parade up Oxford Street on a Saturday night, which shuts the eastern approaches to the centre and fills every bed in Darlinghurst. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Warmest sea of the year (15 jan – 31 mrt (meestal)), Bushfire smoke risk (1 nov – 28 feb (meestal))

Topdrukte — Mardi Gras, Royal Easter Show

• Festival

  Royal Easter Show

  25 mrt – 20 apr · meestalPasen & Goede WeekDruk

  Two weeks of agricultural show at Homebush over Easter: livestock, showbags and a nightly arena programme, and the trains west are full every evening. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Warmest sea of the year (15 jan – 31 mrt (meestal)), Mardi Gras (10 feb – 10 mrt (meestal))

Druk — tussen de pieken in, Royal Easter Show

In april begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Royal Easter Show (25 mrt – 20 apr (meestal))

Druk — tussen de pieken in, Vivid Sydney

• Natuur

  Humpback migration

  15 mei – 15 nov · meestalDierenseizoen

  Twenty thousand humpbacks pass the headlands, north from May to July and back with calves from September. North Head and Cape Solander need no boat.

• Festival

  Vivid Sydney

  22 mei – 13 junLicht & vuurDruk

  Three weeks of projections and light walks around the harbour from the end of May, on the coldest evenings of the year, with the ferries and Circular Quay solid after six. Bron ↗

Rustig — de rustige maand volgens de redactie, Vivid Sydney

In juni begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Humpback migration (15 mei – 15 nov (meestal)), Vivid Sydney (22 mei – 13 jun)

Rustig — de rustige maand volgens de redactie, Winter (July) break in Australië

In juli begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Humpback migration (15 mei – 15 nov (meestal))

Druk — tussen de pieken in, City2Surf

• Festival

  City2Surf

  9 augSportevenementDrukSluitingen

  Ninety thousand people run fourteen kilometres from the city to Bondi on a Sunday in August, which closes New South Head Road and the eastern beaches for the morning. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Humpback migration (15 mei – 15 nov (meestal))

Druk — tussen de pieken in, Spring break in Australië

In september begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Humpback migration (15 mei – 15 nov (meestal))

Druk — tussen de pieken in, Sculpture by the Sea

• Festival

  Sculpture by the Sea

  16 okt – 2 novKunstenfestivalDruk

  A hundred works along the Bondi to Tamarama walk for a fortnight from mid-October, free, and shoulder to shoulder on the weekends. Bron ↗

• Natuur

  Jacaranda

  25 okt – 25 nov · meestal

  Whole streets in Kirribilli and the inner west go purple for about three weeks from late October, and the queue for the photograph is part of it now.

Nog steeds bezig: Humpback migration (15 mei – 15 nov (meestal))

Topdrukte — de drukste maand volgens de redactie, Sculpture by the Sea

• Risico

  Bushfire smoke risk

  1 nov – 28 feb · meestalRookseizoen

  Fires inland or on the coast can put smoke over the city for days in a bad summer; the fire service publishes a danger rating for the Sydney region daily. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Humpback migration (15 mei – 15 nov (meestal)), Sculpture by the Sea (16 okt – 2 nov), Jacaranda (25 okt – 25 nov (meestal))

Topdrukte — de drukste maand volgens de redactie, New Year's Eve fireworks

• Festival

  New Year's Eve fireworks

  31 dec – 1 janKerst & nieuwjaarDruk

  Two displays off the bridge and the harbour, at nine and at midnight. The free vantage points fill from the morning and the parks close once they are full. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Bushfire smoke risk (1 nov – 28 feb (meestal))