 ABC Open was recording the festival |
 Happy locals |
 Saturday night Street Party |
 Food stall at the Saturday night Street Party |
 Festival launch crowd at the Mezzanine Cafe |
 Forbes Mayor Phyllis Miller officially launching the festival |
 Festival launch crowd |
 Troy Grant Member for Dubbo |
 John Cobb Member for Calare |
 Festival Producer Merrill Findlay |
 Andrew Garratt - Northparkes Mine (Festival sponsor) |
 Russell Hill, Mayor Phyliis Miller & Andrew Garrat |
 Mayor Phyllis Miller, Andrew Garratt, Merrill Findlay & Festival Director Stepho Nantsou |
 Stargazing wth local astronomers |
 Setting up |
 Cooking for the Bush Poetry Breakfast |
 Hungry Bush Poetry Breakfast goers |
 taking the Dragon boat to the lake |
 Setting up |
 Waiting their turn on the Dragon Boat |
 Getting that Dragon boat into the water |
 Margaret Girot with new season plants |
 Kate & Kristy of Kreative Kanvases |
 Pizza anyone ? |
 Pizza oven fire |
 Natural Homemade Soaps |
 Getting a blood pressure test with Beyond Blue |
 Bush Poet Breakfast audience |
 Bush Poet |
 Bush Poet |
 Bush Poet |
 Setting up the stalls |
 Dragon boat on the move |
 Local spinners |
 Words Out West - organisers of the Poetry Slam |
 Shimmer Handcrafted Candles & Soaps |
 Forbes Netball Association and Mitchell Conservatorium stalls |
 Percussion anyone ? |
 The crowds come |
 Multi Faith Service on Bates Bridge |
 Beyond Blue Bowls Competition |
 Paints for the Public Mural |
 Lantern making |
 Breast cancer Tribute Tree |
 Tribute Trees |
 Local woodworker |
 Local produce |
 Mitchell Conservatorium performer |
 Birdseed Specialty Breads |
 Coffee was as popular as ever |
 St George Bank stall |
 Artist Colin Whiteman |
 Mitchell Conservatorium performer |
 The Salvos cooked up a storm .... |
 .... and fed the masses |
 Facepainting was popular |
 Facepainting was a hit with the kids |
 Community Mural detail |
 Community Mural detail |
 Community Mural detail |
 Paints for the Community Mural |
 Community Mural detail |
 Lanterns waitng to for nightfall |
 Finished lanterns |
 Bustling Buck Bentick Way |
 Buck Bentick Way crowds |
 Buying some lunch |
 Tasting the fruit of the Vine from Robert Oatley Vineyards |
 Merrill's mum |
 Buskers having fun |
 Budding artist contributes to the Community Mural |
 Community Mural detail |
 Main stage on the banks of Lake Forbes |
 Forbes City Concert Band performing on Bates Bridge |
 Interested onlooker |