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 |