What public holiday traditionally sees the start of the Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race at noon?
Boxing Day Boxing Day is a holiday celebrated the day after Christmas Day. It originated in the United Kingdom, and is celebrated in a number of countries that previously formed part of the British Empire. Boxing Day is on 26 December, although the attached bank holiday or public holiday may take place either on that day or two days later.
Sydney 500 The Sydney 500 (formally known as the Coates Hire Sydney 500) was an annual motor racing event for Supercars, held at the Homebush Street Circuit in Sydney Olympic Park, New South Wales, Australia. The event was a regular part of the Supercars Championship—and its previous iteration, the V8 Supercars Championship—between 2009, and 2016, being the final event on the calendar each year.