Get out and about in South East Queensland!
Jump into the new year with a great range of activities and events in South East Queensland, including Toowoomba, to get you out and about.
Qoin Sail Paradise Regatta
January 2-6
The Southport Yacht Club spectacular high summer offshore sailing regatta, Qoin Sail Paradise, will be staged from 2 to 6 January over courses set between Main Beach and the Queensland-NSW border. This five-day event with four days of racing will be staged on the beautiful ocean waters off the Gold Coast’s golden beaches allowing spectators on the shore to be enthralled by the closeness of the racing and the blaze of colour that will come from the yachts’ many spinnakers.
The event includes live entertainment nightly at Southport Yacht Club’s Main Beach Clubhouse.
Southport Yacht Club
1 Macarthur Parade, Main Beach
southportyachtclub.com.au
The Red Carpet Gold Coast Antiques and Collectables Fair
January 14-15
The world-class venue showcases this colourful event with an extensive range of locally made jewellery, silver items, books, furniture, antique pieces and many other unique collectables.
Coomera Indoor Sports Centre
35 Beattie Road, Coomera
antiquesandcollectablesfair.com
Drum make-and-play workshop
January 18, 20 & 29
At this workshop, facilitator Velvet Pesu, a performance artist and percussionist, will show you how to create a drum using repurposed materials. You can customise your drum with paint pens and other decorative items. Once made, tap into your musical side and learn rhythms and beats with other participants.
18 January 2023, 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM
The Mill Waterpark, 1 Moreton Parade, Petrie
20 January 2023, 9:00 AM – 10:30 AM
CREEC, 150 Rowley Road, Burpengary
29 January 2023, 9:00 AM – 9:45 AM
Scarborough Beach Park, Landsborough Avenue, Scarborough
Cardigras
January 21
Cardigras Gatton. Music by Super Trouper ABBA Tribute Show.
Cahill Park Sports Complex
64 Buaraba Street, Gatton
events.humanitix.com
Burns Supper
January 25
A night of pipes and haggis and poetry at the Fox & Hounds Country Inn, Wongawallan.
Join the toast while the haggis is piped in, listen to the address, and swig Scotch whiskey all night.
Accompanied with some great tunes from a pipe specialist, you will be dining on a three-course menu fit for any Scotsman.
7 Elevation Drive, Wongawallan
foxandhounds.net.au
