Down in Australia its hard to beat the Port Fairy Folk Festival. Port Fairy is a little town on the coast of the Southern Ocean in western Victoria (the area was first settled by whaling crews as a base in early 19 Century). Its a pretty town that started off as Belfast and was once a commercial port but now is mostly a fishing and tourist centre. The festival now is so popular you need to book accomodation months in advance. It attracts many well-known names in 'world music'and goes on over a week.