Australia Day 2004

Australia Day activities at The Entrance have been designed to appeal to families.

There will be fun for all ages, with favourite ‘Aussie’ games such as sack races, gumboot throwing and egg and spoon races. Other events certain to prove popular with the youngsters will be the pie eating and the icecream eating competitions.

The community celebration will be held at Memorial Park, starting at 11.30am and finishing with a display of fireworks at 9pm.

Music will be provided by the Tuggerah Lakes Showband and ‘The Rock Bottoms’, as well as local singers, Greg Gould and Chloe Abdilla. Bush poet, Garry Lowe, will spin a few yarns from the Memorial Park stage.

Another popular attraction, the annual Tug-o-War Competition will be serious stuff indeed, with the titleholders, Masterfoods, attempting to beat all comers, including a team from Maitland which always proves hard to beat. The winner will collect $200 in prizemoney.

At 4.40pm, the flag-raising ceremony will take place, followed by several speakers including Wyong Mayor, Greg Best and the Shire’s Australia Day ambassador, Bryce Courtenay.

The formal part of the day will be followed by a performance from the band,’Touch of Old Australia’, which includes Aboriginal dancers and an explanation of traditional dance and musical instruments.

Other activites certain to draw big crowds will be the exhibition by Hunter Valley Vintage Farm Machinery members and blacksmith and woodturning displays. Vintage farm machinery on show will be fully operational.

The ring of the anvil and the glow of the fire never fails to attract interest in the demonstrations staged by blacksmith, Graeme Askew. He displays the art of forging while explaining how farm equipment was repaired in days past.

Graeme’s display includes a range of hand-forged tools and interesting farming equipment.

Australia Day 2004 at The Entrance will conclude with a bumper fireworks display over Tuggerah Lakes.

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Page last updated:12/01/2004