by webit_godf | Oct 14, 2024 | Uncategorized
In a first for southern Australia, leading teamsters from around the nation outlined how they handle their horse, bullock, camel, donkey and mule teams in a Q&A session at the Good Old Days Festival. The Teamsters Q & A was a new initiative this year for the...
by webit_godf | Oct 14, 2024 | Uncategorized
Medical instruments, Morse code instructions, a living padre, Light Horse saddlery and military vehicles were all part of the 18th Battalion Living History Group’s display at the Good Old Days Festival. Group members travelled from Sydney for the Festival at Barellan...
by webit_godf | Sep 5, 2024 | Uncategorized
Camels, donkeys and mules in harness pulling an array of wagons and a Cobb & Co coach will compete for the prestigious teamster’s trophies in a spectacle rarely seen in modern Australia at The Good Old Days Festival, at Barellan in southern NSW on October 5-6,...
by webit_godf | Aug 16, 2024 | Uncategorized
The volunteers behind one of the nation’s most unique pioneering festivals, The Good Old Days, at Barellan, has been named as the Riverina region Volunteer Team of the Year. The award was announced at the 2024 NSW Volunteer of the Year Awards hosted by The Centre of...
by webit_godf | May 28, 2024 | Uncategorized
Planning is underway for the nation’s largest gathering of harnessed draught animals, The Good Old Days Festival, at Barellan in southern NSW on October 5-6, 2024. The committee is putting together a full program of authentic heritage events, a Furphy Festival, camp...
by GODF | Oct 5, 2023 | Uncategorized
Bullocky, bush poet and blacksmith teenager Joey Reedy, of Wallabadah, with his jersey bullocks in the parade at the Good Old Days Festival, Barellan. Image Kim Woods At 16 Joey Reedy is already an accomplished bush poet, blacksmith and bullocky – he reckons he is...
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