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Small Riverina town pulls its weight when it comes to volunteering
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.
Barellan to bring our nation’s authentic heritage back to life
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.
Bullock driving, bush poetry and blacksmithing a passion for teenage old soul
At 16 Joey Reedy is already an accomplished bush poet, blacksmith and bullocky – he reckons he is an old soul and in a young person’s body and may have been born into the wrong century.
Five-year global search results in rare water cart on display at Good Old Days Festival
A rare British World War I horse drawn water cart restored after five years of diligent research made its debut at the Good Old Days Festival at Barellan.
Ploughs cutting through clay a mesmerising sound for Olympic swimmer
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 keen interest in the sound of a single furrow plough slicing through the clay.
Mule team makes debut among the teamsters at Good Old Days Festival
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 horse, bullock, camel, donkey and goat teams at the 2023 Good Old Days Festival.
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