Mum and Dad have just returned from a ten day cruise around the Great Barrier reef. We kept busy while thery were away. After running our stall and the library bookstall at the farmers market, Grandma took us down to visit our Grandparents at Bethanga. We got to catch up with Aunties and Uncles and cousins at the same time. It was wonderful to see everyone again. We spent the weekend there, then came home to get ready for the festival.
The Man From Snowy River Bush Festival celebrates the famous poem by Banjo Patterson "The Man From Snowy River" and Australian bush folklore. It is a weekend of markets, bush poetry, music, dancing and horses. Corryong swells with hordes of tourists. It is a massive weekend. There was a competition for the best school in the parade. 3 schools went in the parade, but we won! It is nice to win, but on the other hand, we were also the biggest school. I don't know that it was entirely fair... It would have been good to see more schools participate. I went in our group dressed in late 1800's costume riding Kathy's pony. It was so much fun, and the kids looked fantastic. I loved the costumes of the other teachers!!! One lady went as a naughty school boy. I wanted to split my sides laughing! She looked so good, and did the part so well! :D
We had some friends come up for the festival. It was so good to see them again. We also got to show them the Cudgewa Bluff Falls. If you ever decide to do that short little 700 metre walk, you need to realise that once you are at the top, you are pretty sure they left a zero off that sign...
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
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