Where normal families accumulate dead electronic appliances and broken plastic replicas of things that used to last forever, it seems the good denizens of Brunswick Heads have a knack for finding just the kinds of items in their attics that will attract a crowd, year after year.
How else to explain the evergreen popularity of the Old and Gold festival, held annually on the coldest weekend of winter?
A sideline highlight is the gruelling marbles championship, where once again Brunswick Heads School reigned supreme, with Jordan O’Hearn and Sam Pfeil clutching the pot of gold at the end of it all.
For four decades The Echo has printed the stories some people loved, some people hated, and some pretended not to read. If you want us to keep telling the truth, the real truth, not the sugar-coated version. We’ll need your support to keep the presses rolling. 
