SATURDAY
Boxing Day Races 12pm, Newcastle Jockey Club, Broadmeadow. One of the biggest social events on the Newcastle calendar returns with a six-race program. But who's kidding, most of the action happens off the track.
Lake Explorer Tour (CoastXP) 2-4pm, Pelican Foreshore. Cruise the many secluded bays, beaches and islands of Lake Macquarie travelling from Warners Bay in the north to Trinity Point in the south.
Nelson Bay Flatty Classic 5.45am, Little Beach. It's an early start for the fishos in this annual fishing competition.
SUNDAY
Waterworld Central Newcastle 10am to 4pm, The Station. Get wet and wild at Australia's first mobile inflatable water park.
MUSIC
Cambridge Hotel Saturday, Viragos, Well?, Boycott, Roxferry. Sunday, Sunday School.
Goldish Bar & Restaurant Saturday, Jenny Marie Lang Trio, Bonnie Kay & The Bonafides.
Oriental Hotel Saturday, Soda. Sunday, Brennan Fell Jazz Trio.
MOVIES
The Croods: A New Age (PG) The Croods have survived their fair share of dangers and disasters, but now they will face their biggest challenge of all: another family.
Wonder Woman 1984 (M) Fast forward to the 1980s as Wonder Woman's next big-screen adventure finds her facing an all-new foe: The Cheetah.
