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Things To Do over the ANZAC Long Weekend in and out of Sydney

What to do over the ANZAC Long Weekend in Sydney?

ANZAC Day

ANZAC (Australian and New Zealand Army Corps) Day is the anniversary of the landing of troops from Australia and New Zealand on the Gallipoli Peninsula, Turkey, in World War I on April 25, 1915. The bravery of all military personnel who participated in this campaign and the lives of those who died in all military actions are remembered.

ANZAC Day Parade in Sydney

The Sydney ANZAC Day Parade will commence at 9am with marchers moving into Pitt Street, then through Martin Place and along George, Bathurst, Elizabeth and Liverpool Streets, ending at 1pm at the War Memorial in Hyde Park South for a Commemoration Service.

ANZAC Long weekend in Sydney

The ANZAC and Easter Long, Long Weekend extends to Tuesday 26th April. This all good news of course but appears to have created a problem for some. You can actually have two Easter Mondays if you are prepared to travel.

Easter Monday will be on Tuesday this year!

In Victoria, Anzac day that will be on Tuesday, April 26. In South Australia, Queensland and NSW, Easter Monday will be observed on Tuesday, April 26. Yes, that's right, the last week in April will have two Mondays in it - must be some kind of record. Monday will be ANZAC day whilst Tuesday will be Easter Monday.

http://www.industrialrelations.nsw.gov.au/About_NSW_IR/Public_Holidays.html

And the winners are..

In Western Australia and the ACT, neither Easter Monday or Anzac Day have been substituted, because it was not considered appropriate to lessen the significance of either day by moving the observance to some other time, so Tuesday, April 26 was simply declared to be a holiday. Sounds like WA and ACT have won the common sense competition.

Two Up at the Australian Hotel

If you couldn't give a Two-Up for politicians you could toss a coin to decide where to Two-Up on Easter Monday, seems to us the Australian has the edge.

The Australian Hotel

The Australian Hotel has long been a destination to salute the service men & women who have worked in Military operations around the world. They have the largest 2-up arena in the City which starts from midday, live entertainment will form a great atmosphere for those who are interested in a sausage or steak 'sanga' from the BBQ tent closeby.

Two Up at the Australian Hotel

Hoopla Festival, Darling Harbour - 22nd - 26th April

Go cir-crazy at Australia's annual circus and street theatre festival as some of the world's best acrobats, jugglers, stunt performers, sideshow and street theatre acts are let loose in Darling Harbour this Easter long weekend.

For five days and four nights, Darling Harbour hosts everything from large scale performances in the Big Top to intimate side shows in the Carnival of Dreams, plus brilliant buskers throughout the precinct. And when the sun goes down, the weird and wonderful come out to play at Hoopla Nights! Wander in! Look around! There's more to Hoopla than you think!

Hoopla Festival

The Bald Archy - 12 noon – 6pm, 18th April – 15th May, TAP Gallery, Darlinghurst

Bald Archy provides artists of all styles and standards with the opportunity to create humorous, dark satire or caricature portrait paintings of the rich and famous. The results range from the hilarious to the bizarrely vulgar. Winning portraits include Kerry Packer, Amanda Vanstone, Edmund Capon, Shane Warne, Dame Edna Everidge, John Howard and Pauline Hanson, Robbie and Gai Waterhouse, Rupert Murdoch, Jeff Kennett, Cardinal George Pell, Tony Abbott, and Ian Thorpe.

The Bald Archy is internationally famous for being the only art competition in the world to be judged by a sulphur-crested cockatoo called Maude. Its satirical irreverence and larrikin comic approach has proved to be a big hit with artists and public alike. Its a lot of fun. The finalists exhibition draws in record crowds wherever the portraits are shown. If you can, get yourself down to Darlinghurst and enjoy:

Admission: $4.00 - $3.00 (Conc.)

The Bald Archy

Sydney Comedy Festival - 11th April to 8th May 2010

The Sydney Comedy Festival show-cases Australia's brightest comic talent. The festival laughs for almost a full month all over Sydney including the Sydney Opera House and the iconic Enmore Theatre.

The Sydney Comedy Festival is a great event to book into. A cheer up, have a few drinks and laugh yourself into a better frame of mind kinda thing. Sydney is a wonderful place to live and visit for hundreds of reasons and for all seasons. Now its time to have some fun.

Sydney Comedy Festival

Easter Holidays in Sydney