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Enjoy a fantastic day out for the whole family in the Central Coast hinterland at the annual Mangrove Mountain and Districts Country Fair on SATURDAY 18th October. Come along, meet up with friends and have some fun!Check out the amazing animal exhibits, including the BeeZeebo which allows you to get close to the action to inspect a bee hive. Or meet the Bunny Lady and learn everything about keeping your bunnies healthy and happy. We will have Clydesdale horses, Benny our local performing donkey, cattle, an alpaca, informative sheep-shearing demonstrations on the hour, a reptile show, our Country Fair grown-up pigs and more!
New rides – a very tall climbing rock-wall, a high-swinging pirate ship and, of course, a jumping castle and pony rides.
We’ll have loads of exhibits from vintage tractors, cars, farm machinery, and lots of information tents and demonstrations. The Dark Ages Huscarls will be demonstrating their sword-fighting. We’ll have lots of amazing arts, crafts, and yummy foods for sale by various local CWA groups, as well as our delicious food, cold drinks, coffee, slushies, fruit salad and cakes for sale – all prepared by our amazing volunteers who man the stalls every year to make the Country Fair Day such a terrific day for all.
Don’t miss the bargains at our plant stall and local produce stall, and for the kids, you can’t go past the showbags, lucky dips, and face-painting stalls. And don’t forget the Circus classes where you can learn all the tricks from Roundabout Circus!
Our entertainment acts throughout the day across three stages are simply outstanding this year. So pull up a chair and sit the under gum trees and enjoy!
Kicking off the day’s entertainment, our local children will proudly perform their songs and dance on the stage. They’ll be followed by the awesome Central Coast Ukulele Club performance. Then dust off your boots, get up and learn how to bootscoot with local instructor Lyn Booth, and the Coastal Slickers line dancers.
Then it’s time for our fabulous bands to take the stage, headlining this year's fair is the award winning Courtney Keil band performing on the Main Stage Incredible! along with local Country music Star, Jasmine Sparks. Also, between our acoustic Waratah Stage performers, and Mick Gandy’s Country Music tent, we’ll have a huge variety of musical styles for you to listen to. A great line up.
Our Arts and Crafts competitions and exhibition in the hall are always a highlight. The artistry, creativity and talent on display is truly inspiring! Check the Arts and Crafts schedule for ALL the entry details– www.mangrovemountaincountryfair.org.au
And what is the purpose of the Country Fair? To bring the community together in a positive, collaborative and unique way, to offer a free family fun day for all to enjoy, and to raise funds for our local community groups, without whom our Fair would not be the event and success that it is.
See you there, at the Country Fair!!
9am till 3pm on Saturday the 17th of October at the historic Mangrove Mountain Hall and recreation reserve. Just a 25 minute drive from Gosford or Wyong, or 1hr from Sydney or Newcastle.
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Mangrove Mountain Public Hall, Wisemans Ferry Rd,Mangrove Mountain,NSW,Australia, Somersby
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