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Bruns photo comp entries open

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The Brunswick Heads photo competition has been extended, with a closing date of Friday, September 19, at 4pm.

This year’s theme is ‘Still Bruns’, says Cherie Heale, Simple Pleasures photo comp co-ordinator.

‘After many years of challenges we ask whether you feel Brunswick Heads has retained its charm and still feels like Bruns’.

The youngest ever overall winner of the annual Brunswick Heads Photo Competition, Sophia Dadon was just nine.

‘Show us in pictures what you still love about Bruns!

‘Download the entry form from our website www.brunswickheads.org.au or pop in to the visitor centre to enter. Bring a printed copy and a digital copy to enter.

‘The fee is $10 for adults and $5 for kids.

‘Enter our Instagram comp for free at #brunsphotocomp2025.

‘Thanks to our sponsors, Brunswick Heads Pharmacy, North Coast Lifestyle Properties, Print Rescue and our prize sponsor, Hotel Brunswick’, added Ms Heale.

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