It is Show season in the Launceston district when the final Rugby World Cup Pool A fixture between Namibia and Romania is played at York Park on 30 October.
Communities such as Longford, Flinders Island, Westbury, Ringarooma, Rose and Iris, Scottsdale and Hillwood will show agricultural products and battle for superiority in traditional Australian pursuits such as the Wood Chop and Dog trials in October and November.
Poets on the Rugby World Cup trail could make a stop at the Tasmanian Poetry Festival in the Albert Hall of the Batman Fawkner Inn at the City Park Radio Grounds from 3 - 5 October.
The week leading up to the Namibia v Romania fixture is Children's Week in Launceston, staged by the Northern Zone of The Tasmanian Playgroup Assoc. City Park is the venue for a Teddy Bear’s picnic on 21 October. A Children's Week Award will be announced on 22 October and a Universal Children's Day will go ahead on 23 October.
The elemental beauty of a kite on the wind should prove an entertaining diversion from the suspense of the impending Rugby World Cup fixture at York Park when the Launceston Kite Festival lifts off on 27 October.
Train spotters can add steam engines to their lists at the Peam's Steam World Festival from 1 - 3 November and those making a longer visit to Tasmania can look forward to Australian Motorcycle Week activities from 14 - 23 November.