Wonderful weekend at Wandi

THIS year's Wandiligong Nut Festival was a well-received success all around, as locals and visitors celebrated the region's produce last Saturday and Sunday. 'We are overwhelmed by the community's support," festival committee president, Lee Rosser said. "This is the community's festival, it is our celebration of the end of the season and an opportunity to give visitors a taste of the beautiful area that we are lucky to live in. "We are so grateful to have amazing artists, foodies, entertainers and expertise living in the North East area that allows us to showcase incredible talent and enables local musicians to play with world class production. "As we are a not-for-profit event, all of the profits will go towards improving community and site infrastructure and continuing to support the community groups that are involved with the event, including Bright United Men's Shed, Alpine Multiskill Group, 4 Kids and Carers and Wandi Primary School." Returning stallholders and visitors were also pleased with this year's event. "The festival is the highlight of autumn for us and our kids," Alex Mason said. "There was excellent music, good food and drink and great vibes...I'm so proud to have it in my town. "This year we had friends up visiting just to go and they all loved it too." Stallholder, Lucy Legget, said the festival is always her favourite market weekend of the year. "Sunshine, beautiful surrounds, fabulous music, delicious lunch options, a cold beer and lots of people relaxing and having fun," she said. "My customers are a great mix of tourists and locals, with lots of families enjoying the day there. "What's not to love?' Festival secretary, Emily Rose said this year's festival ran really smoothly. "We had good numbers through the gate, similar to last year at around 4000 people over the weekend," she said. "We wanted to make it accessible for everyone, so kids attended for free and most kids' activities were free, with seniors or concession card holders able to pay for a half-priced ticket. "People were enjoying the sunshine and the delicious local food, listening to the amazing music, wandering around, enjoying the market and there was so much for kids to do as well. "I believe the kids area will grow year on year, because it's designed to be a really family-friendly festival. "There was beautiful weather, no big dramas and we had a lot of people who were inspired to sign up to volunteer for next year's festival." Aside from tent rental, sound technicians and payment for performing artists, the Wandiligong Nut Festival is 100 per cent volunteer-run.

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