Events
Floriade – Imagination
Australia’s celebration of spring, 11 September to 10 October 2010
Floriade is Australia’s biggest flower festival – a spectacular celebration of spring by the shores of Canberra’s Lake Burley Griffin.
See where your imagination takes you amongst more than one million blooms with live entertainment, informative workshops and activities for the whole family.
Experience Floriade with a holiday package from CountryLink:
- Floriade in a day package – from $129 per person
- Floriade overnight package – from $275 per person.
What’s on at Floriade?
Here are just some of the events and attractions at this year’s Floriade:
- Katie Noonan and The Captains
- 2010 CMAA Female Artist of the Year, Felicity Urquhart
- Telstra Road to Tamworth heats
- street performers, dance and comedy acts
- showcase garden competition
- Da Vinci Machines exhibition
- complimentary mini massages, facials and hair styling in Garnier World
- the giant 35-metre ferris wheel offering a spectacular view of Floriade and beyond
- the popular Patting Paddock and Riveting Reptile exhibitions for the kids.
More information
- For more information or to make a booking phone 13 28 29 or contact your nearest CountryLink Travel Centre
- Download our Floriade brochure (434KB PDF)
- See more CountryLink holiday ideas around Canberra and Southern NSW
- Find out more about what’s on at Floriade.
Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000
The mountain is calling – 10 October 2010
It's the birthplace of Australian motorsport. It's where legends are born. It's the Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000. No other Australian sporting arena offers more adrenalin-charged entertainment than Mount Panorama, as Australia's premier V8 Supercar drivers test their endurance over 1000 fuel-injected kilometres of non-stop action.
To support this major regional event, on Sunday 10 October CountryLink will be operating a dedicated XPLORER train to Bathurst and coach connection to Mount Panorama, all for the super-low price of $77 for adults and $22 for children. The train stops at Central, Strathfield, Parramatta, Blacktown, Penrith and Bathurst.
Hot meals, soft drink, beer and wine are available for purchase on board the train. CountryLink is committed to the responsible service of alcohol.
Timetable
- Departs Central Station at 05:14, arrives Bathurst at 09:15
- Departs Bathurst Station at 18:25, arrives Central at 22:37.
Conditions
Conditions apply. Pensioner and other concession discounts are not available on this service. Fare is non-refundable and non-transferable. Reservations must be ticketed prior to departure.
More information
- For more information or to make a booking phone 13 22 32 or contact your nearest CountryLink Travel Centre
- See more CountryLink holiday ideas around Country NSW
- Find out more about the Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000.
