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August 29, 2026

Rainbows but no rain for Bruns Holi Festival

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How can we keep paying for incompetence

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Given up the ghost

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Labor and Liberal join forces on multiple fronts

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Together She Thrives,
Holi Festval Bruns.

Nearly a hundred women and girls were seen powdering their noses and much more at Brunswick Heads on Sunday for local celebrations of the global Holi Festival of colour.

Local community group Together She Thrives inc. organised the event which featured the transformation of white clad revelers into walking rainbows thanks to dust clouds of organic coloured flour.

Overhead, skies kindly paused the rain just long enough for the festivities to happen and for The Echo to capture the colour.



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