If yesterday at Bluesfest was anything to go by, it's going to be an incredible event and with the weather holding, (so far) the Easter weekend's future is looking bright.
With eight USA Blues Music Award nominations, career tour dates in 20 countries, and her recent induction into the Blues Victoria Hall of Fame, Fiona Boyes is a relentless and curious musical explorer.
Mullumbimby Brunswick Cricket Club (MBCC) had a very successful season finishing second on the ladder at the end of the home and away season with 13 wins and 4 losses, but fell short of winning the grand final against the Casuarina Crocs.
Thousands lined the streets for the Cooly Rocks On street parade on Saturday in Coolangatta.
Fifty floats made their way from Kirra to Tweed Heads where more than 1,000 hot rods, custom cars, retro performers and bands kicked off the grande finale weekend of the annual festival.
Fans and families were treated to 11 days of live local and international rockabilly music, including Swedish aces Jack and The Bandits, who played their only Australian shows at the festival this weekend.
More than 90,000 rock n’ roll punters swarmed to the event, which ran from May 30 to June 9, an increase of over 10,000 over last year.
Festival organizers commented on the overall growing success of the event and said they would be back next year, bigger and better than ever.
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went to it and just loved it, took my nephew and family from Sydney and they had a ball they want to come back next year.. Great, Great, Great.
A leading international thinker and researcher in the development of innovative sport coaching and physical education teaching has returned home to Byron Bay and is launching his first non-academic book, 'Grief and Growth', on April 4 at The Book Room in Byron.
On the eve of the second anniversary of the second devastating flood in 2022, Resilient Lismore has welcomed the finalisation of its funding deed with the NSW Reconstruction Authority, which will enable the continuation of its ‘Repair to Return’ program.
Australia’s favourite celebration of ’50s and ’60s nostalgia took over Coolangatta and Tweed Heads again over the long weekend. More than 1,000 custom and classic cars and hot rods roared into town.
With more 1,300 cars participating this year’s Cooly Rocks On, there may have been a few overheated radiators as the parade of ‘50s and ‘60s automobiles took to the streets of Coolangatta, Kirra and Tweed Heads for the Show’n’Shine.
Is there anything more beautiful than a 1962 Holden EK Special Station Wagon? Especially when it’s painted the pale blue of a perfect day and its chrome is so polished I am momentarily blinded as I negotiate my Subaru through crowded Coolangatta.
Fans of rock’n’roll, rockabilly, classic cars, hot rods, and the nostalgia and fashions of the 50s and 60s will converge on the Southern Gold Coast and Tweed from May 30 to June 9 for Cooly Rocks On.
went to it and just loved it, took my nephew and family from Sydney and they had a ball they want to come back next year.. Great, Great, Great.
What a heart-opening festival! Very worth attending – and FREE! Highly recommend that you get there next year