På gång i Sydney, Australia under året

Mest folk — redaktionens toppmånad, Australia Day

• Festival

  Sydney Festival

  8–25 janKulturfestival

  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. Källa ↗

• Säsong

  Warmest sea of the year

  15 jan – 31 mar · vanligtvisHavet varmt nog

  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.

• Helg

  Australia Day

  26 janNationell helgdagTrångtStängningar

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Bushfire smoke risk (1 nov – 28 feb (vanligtvis)), New Year's Eve fireworks (31 dec – 1 jan)

Mest folk — redaktionens toppmånad, Mardi Gras

• Festival

  Mardi Gras

  10 feb – 10 mar · vanligtvisPrideTrångtBoka tidigt

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Warmest sea of the year (15 jan – 31 mar (vanligtvis)), Bushfire smoke risk (1 nov – 28 feb (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — Mardi Gras, Royal Easter Show

• Festival

  Royal Easter Show

  25 mar – 20 apr · vanligtvisPåsk & stilla veckanTrångt

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

Pågår fortfarande: Warmest sea of the year (15 jan – 31 mar (vanligtvis)), Mardi Gras (10 feb – 10 mar (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — mellan topparna, Royal Easter Show

Inget nytt börjar i april.

Pågår fortfarande: Royal Easter Show (25 mar – 20 apr (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — mellan topparna, Vivid Sydney

• Natur

  Humpback migration

  15 maj – 15 nov · vanligtvisDjurlivssäsong

  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 maj – 13 junLjus & eldTrångt

  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. Källa ↗

Lugnt — redaktionens lugna månad, Vivid Sydney

Inget nytt börjar i juni.

Pågår fortfarande: Humpback migration (15 maj – 15 nov (vanligtvis)), Vivid Sydney (22 maj – 13 jun)

Lugnt — redaktionens lugna månad, Winter (July) break i Australia

Inget nytt börjar i juli.

Pågår fortfarande: Humpback migration (15 maj – 15 nov (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — mellan topparna, City2Surf

• Festival

  City2Surf

  9 augSportevenemangTrångtStängningar

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Humpback migration (15 maj – 15 nov (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — mellan topparna, Spring break i Australia

Inget nytt börjar i september.

Pågår fortfarande: Humpback migration (15 maj – 15 nov (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — mellan topparna, Sculpture by the Sea

• Festival

  Sculpture by the Sea

  16 okt – 2 novKulturfestivalTrångt

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

• Natur

  Jacaranda

  25 okt – 25 nov · vanligtvis

  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.

Pågår fortfarande: Humpback migration (15 maj – 15 nov (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — redaktionens toppmånad, Sculpture by the Sea

• Risk

  Bushfire smoke risk

  1 nov – 28 feb · vanligtvisRöksäsong

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Humpback migration (15 maj – 15 nov (vanligtvis)), Sculpture by the Sea (16 okt – 2 nov), Jacaranda (25 okt – 25 nov (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — redaktionens toppmånad, New Year's Eve fireworks

• Festival

  New Year's Eve fireworks

  31 dec – 1 janJul & nyårTrångt

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Bushfire smoke risk (1 nov – 28 feb (vanligtvis))