From donkeys to old-style dressers, visitors will take a wonderfully authentic step back in time at The Good Old Days Festival later this year. / (min cost $ 0 ) or signup to continue reading Organisers are planning an "enhanced program" for on October 5 and 6. And with 6000 visitors and more than 400 caravanners and campers at last year's festival, Barellan Working Clydesdales Committee secretary Fiona Kibble said this year's event was already shaping up to be a ripper with ticket bookings flowing in since Easter.
"We are working hard to increase the visitor experience with an enhanced program plus the standing favourites to underpin what is the Narrandera Shire's biggest tourism event," Ms Kibble said. The committee is putting together a full program of authentic heritage events, a Furphy Festival, camp oven dinner under the stars (with entertainment by The Bushwackers), and three-day glamping packages. Visitors will be able to see horse, bullock, camel, donkey, mules and goats in harness, an Australian Light Horse display, camel races, blade shearing, butter churning, working dogs, blacksmith, log snigging, rope turning, sheaf tossing, old-fashioned children's games, bush poetry, and billy boiling, along with market stalls and the grand parade.
Master horsemen Bruce Bandy, of Barellan, together with Steve Johnson, of Lake Cargelligo, and Aleks Berzins, of Exeter, will drive a team of more than 20 heavy horses pulling a wool wagon around the arena. They will be joined by ca.
