by GODF | Oct 5, 2023 | Uncategorized
Former Olympic swimming champion Shane Gould meets ploughing champions Gracie and Major at the Good Old Days Festival at Barellan. The red dust at Barellan is a long way from the sparkling water of a pool but former Olympic swimming champion Shane Gould was taking a...
by GODF | Oct 2, 2023 | Uncategorized
Noel Wiltshire, left, with his three mules Christen, Longro and Willywonka, at the Good Old Days Festival at Barellan. The sight of a mule team in harness pulling a wagon is a rarity in modern Australia and the species took its place for the first time against the...
by GODF | Oct 2, 2023 | Uncategorized
Eight-year-old goat teamster Abby Parrott, Anna Bay, NSW, with the inaugural Little Teamsters Trophy at the Good Old Days Festival at Barellan. Images Kim Woods A tiny goat handler outshone the nation’s most experienced horse, bullock, camel and donkey teamsters in...
by GODF | Sep 6, 2023 | Uncategorized
Bullockies from around Australia will compete for the prestigious Teamsters Trophy while goats in harness will vie for the inaugural Little Teamsters Trophy at the 2023 Good Old Days Festival at Barellan in southern NSW on September 30-October 1. The Festival is the...
by webit_godf | May 2, 2023 | 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 September 30-October 1, 2023. The committee is putting together a full program of authentic heritage events, a Furphy...
by webit_godf | Oct 6, 2022 | Uncategorized
The Good Old Days Festival set a new single day attendance record and one of the nation’s biggest gatherings of draught animals as it roared back to life on October 1-2 after a two-year hiatus. More than 10,000 visitors from every Australia state soaked up the...
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