We’ve missed the last 3 Harrietville festivals so it was great to get there this year and catch up with old friends, do some picking and see how the festival has developed. We went up a week early to have some chill out time in the caravan park which was so relaxing (despite some rain) and also found out that the Bright Rod Run happens the week before. So that was an amazing event to behold – hundreds and hundreds of incrediblybeautiful restored cars promenading the leafy streets and roads. I saw so many classic American cars we could have been back in the U.S.!
The U.S. guest artists were fabulous as usual, we’d seen Audie a bit in the States and he and the boys really layed it on for us out here. Adam Hurt and co. were wonderful and Sammy and Nadine were an extra treat.
It was great to see so many new folk attending the festival too – a healthy sign for the future.
The festival had a sad ending for us though, with our gorgeous Ritchie boy (Kelpie extroadinaire) falling sick on the Sunday – he hung on for a few days but we had to let him go – he was 12 or so and had been blind for the last 10 months – but a better companion would be hard to find! He and Lola have travelled the country with us and we miss him.
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