{"id":2882,"date":"2017-01-24T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-01-23T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wotif-blog-staging-lb-1978096533.ap-southeast-2.elb.amazonaws.com\/vc\/blog\/wots-on\/7-reasons-to-travel-in-oz-in-february\/"},"modified":"2020-04-02T05:33:17","modified_gmt":"2020-04-01T19:33:17","slug":"7-reasons-to-travel-in-oz-in-february","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wotif.com\/vc\/blog\/events\/australia\/7-reasons-to-travel-in-oz-in-february\/","title":{"rendered":"7 reasons to travel in Australia in February"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;re feeling the post-holiday blues, there&#8217;s one simple solution: book a cheeky getaway for the last month of summer! Enjoy Australia in all of its glory in February with these great events worth travelling near or far for. <\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.festivale.com.au\">Festivale<\/a><\/strong><br \/><em>When: 10 \u2013 12 February<\/em><br \/>Taste and experience all that Tasmania has to offer. Held in Launceston&#8217;s picturesque City Park, dining with a view has never been classier.\n<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.brisbaneglobaltens.com\">Brisbane Global Rugby Tens<\/a><\/strong><br \/><em>When: 11 \u2013 12 February<\/em><br \/>If you&#8217;re into rugby, consider this &#8216;rugby heaven&#8217;. More than 300 star players from Australia and New Zealand compete over two days in a ten minute per half knockout tournament.\n<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.adelaidefringe.com.au\">Adelaide Fringe<\/a><\/strong><br \/><em>When: 17 February \u2013 19 March<\/em><br \/>A wild festival ride, the Adelaide Fringe Festival will tick your entertainment box with up to 900 novel works in theatre, circus, puppet and film and pop-ups.\n<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/foodandwineexpo.com.au\/shows\/canberra\/\">Canberra Food and Wine expo<\/a><\/strong><br \/><em>When: 17 \u2013 19 February<\/em><br \/>Calling all foodies! Get the gang together for this annual three-day event and immerse yourself in gourmet and vino goodness.\n<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/whitenightmelbourne.com.au\">White Night Melbourne<\/a><\/strong><br \/><em>When: 18 \u2013 19 February<\/em> <br \/>Experience Melbourne in a different light, literally. With over 100 events on offer from 7pm to 7am, enjoy both free and paid activities at this celebration of creativity.\n<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.australianopenofsurfing.com\">Australian Open of Surfing<\/a><\/strong><br \/><em>When: 25 February \u2013 5 March<\/em><br \/>Deep down we all wish we could surf, right? Well, start the dream by getting up close and personal with the world&#8217;s best surfers and skateboarders at the Australian Open of Surfing.\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.trvl-media.com\/media\/content\/expaus\/wotif\/ads\/2017\/wotif-insider\/24012017\/583x500-2.jpg\" alt=\"\"\" \/><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fremantleseafoodfestival.com.au\/\">Fremantle Seafood Festival<br \/><\/a><\/strong><em>When: 27 \u2013 28 February<\/em><br \/>Fresh, local seafood with a side of wine. 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Enjoy Australia in all of its glory in February with these great events worth travelling near or far for. FestivaleWhen: 10 \u2013 12 FebruaryTaste and experience all that Tasmania has to offer. Held in Launceston&#8217;s &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":2883,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[740,771],"tags":[31,58,59,47,60,57,40,61],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wotif.com\/vc\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2882"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wotif.com\/vc\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wotif.com\/vc\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wotif.com\/vc\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wotif.com\/vc\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2882"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.wotif.com\/vc\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2882\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4574,"href":"https:\/\/www.wotif.com\/vc\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2882\/revisions\/4574"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wotif.com\/vc\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2883"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wotif.com\/vc\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2882"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wotif.com\/vc\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2882"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wotif.com\/vc\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2882"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}