Cully Fest Programme

Cully Fest 2016 Programme Guide www.cullyfest.com

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Welcome Minister of Tourism

Message from the Minister for Tourism, Major Events and Small Business The Hon Kate Jones MP Welcome to Cully Fest 2016 – another great Outback experience on Queensland’s vibrant events calendar.

The Palaszczuk Government is proud to support this event through Tourism and Events Queensland, recognising the importance of events tourism in driving visitation to Queensland’s regional areas.

Events like this are not only a great source of community pride, they also support local jobs and bring social and economic benefits to the community.

Cully Fest celebrates the best of Queensland and promises an iconic experience for visitors.

I would like to congratulate the event organisers, volunteers, and local community for their efforts in delivering another great event for Queensland.

The Hon Kate Jones MP Minister for Tourism, Major Events and Small Business

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4GR is the longest-serving commercial radio station in Queensland. It has been part of the fabric of the Darling Downs and Granite Belt for longer than most of the residents, and still maintains its position as the ‘go-to’ station for local information.

Weekdays kick off with 4GR Big Breakfast from 5 to 9am. Hosts Lee & Lizzy wake the Darling Downs and Granite Belt with local news and information, interviews, local issues, engaging phone talkback topics and the greatest hits from the 70’s to now. The Big Breakfast is always fun, fast paced, slightly irreverent and involves listeners every day. However, when serious local issues arise, the Big Breakfast is always on the case.

From 9am, Australia’s #1 talkback host Ray Hadley takes over, followed at 11am by Focus On The Downs, a local talk/entertainment program hosted by Toowoomba local Graham Healy. From 1pm it’s an hour of national current affairs commentary from Australia’s #1 broadcaster, Alan Jones, followed by Toowoomba and The Downs’ greatest hits.

4GR is “Everything Darling Downs”.

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Master of Ceremonies (MC) Lover of all things outdoors, Peter “Spida” Everitt from The Great Australian Doorstep travel TV and radio show will be heading west to Cunnamulla with his family to MC and host talks at the inaugural Cully Fest 2016.

These days, the legendary Australian rules footballer is better known as an adventure-mad, funmachine exposing the best travel, adventure and fishing spots to a national and global audience through his travel television and radio shows.

A passionate cook, who does all the cooking at home, Spida is looking forward to joining in with the group and learning some new techniques and flavors from nature such as gum leaves, quandongs and bush herbs and spices.

Spida is due to join us on the banks of the Warrego and local anglers can’t wait to challenge the fishing great Spida who now has his own fishing online magazine XXXX Anglers. Who knows if Spida can score himself a big elusive Murray Cod or will the Cunnamulla fishermen, who know the Warrego River like the back of their hand, prove that local knowledge is hard to beat?

Either way it will be a great day and we can’t wait to get out on the water.

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Cully Fest at a Glance What’s On The Angels Mark Atkins Eckybow (Eric Ellis) Reuben Birchley Christopher Coleman Collective Jessie G Josephine Birch Darren Hanlon Sandra & Sean Georgia & Mitch Susie Klein John Roberts Silhouette Dance Michael Nicholas Charcoal Drawing Michael Nicholas Art Exhibition Guwamu Dancers Didgeridoo Making The Cooking Station Didgeridoo Playing Workshop Guitar Workshops Ukulele Workshops Singing Workshops Theatre Sports Bush Survival Skills Opal Mining and Fossicking Local Art Exhibition Gardening Competition Busking Competition Didgeridoo Playing Competition Food Experiences

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Market Stalls Story Telling Hosted Talks Cully Fest Kids Kite Making Clown & Balloon Workshops Chalk Street Art Dance Workshop Under 6’s Jumping Castle Face & Body Painting Sandboarding Animal Farm Little Squirt Dig for a Fossil Cheveux Hair Styling Laser Tag Hip Hop Rapping Fairy Wonderland Kid’s Timetable - Thursday Kid’s Timetable - Friday Kid’s Timetable - Saturday Kid’s Timetable - Sunday Rex Airline Package Deal Festival Timetable Overview Festival Timetable - Thursday Festival Timetable - Friday Festival Timetable - Saturday Festival Timetable - Sunday IGA Mills & Sons 70th Birthday Cully Fest Shop

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The Angels They’'ll Getcha Rockin’’ Legendary Australian rock band, The Angels, are heading outback as the main musical attraction at Cully Fest 2016.

With an extensive back catalogue featuring hits such as Am I Ever Gonna See Your Face Again, Shadow Boxer, Take A Long Line, Marseilles, No Secrets and Dogs Are Talking to name a few, the band’s tracks are a high rotation staple on radio stations around the country. Four decades after they formed, The Angels are still rocking as hard as ever, performing sold out shows around Australia and being invited to perform at some highly coveted international gigs.

Forming in Adelaide in the 1970s, the early formation of The Angels went under the guise of The Moonshine Jug and String Band, which featured Rick and John Brewster and their pal, Doc Neeson. This evolved into the Keystone Angels and eventually The Angels, who signed a record deal with AC/ DC’s label Alberts, and as they say, the rest is history. The band, which now features Dave Gleeson on vocals, Nick Norton on drums, Sam Brewster on bass and John and Rick on guitars, celebrated their 40th anniversary in 2014, and also released an album of all new material the same year titled Talk The Talk, which garnered them new fans far and wide.

The Angels just keep on getting better each year and it’s no surprise to find that their live shows are now packed with all different generations of fans. There’s no slowing this band down – they just keep rockin’ and so will everyone at Cully Fest 2016 in Cunnamulla!

Performing Live You can catch them live at Main Stage 1 Saturday 9:30-10:30pm

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Mark Atkins Didgeridoo Virtuoso Mark Atkins is not your average folk performer. Acknowledged as one of Australia’s finest didgeridoo players, this legendary story teller and performer, has collaborated with Robert Plant, the London Philharmonic Orchestra and The Hothouse Flowers.

His contemporary visual artworks have been shown to critical acclaim in Europe, Japan and the United States. He’s even collected a Golden Didgeridoo at the Tamworth Country Music Festival. We’re thrilled to have Mark join us for the inaugural Cully Fest 2016.

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Performing LIVE

Story Telling

Workshops

You can catch him live at Listen to Mark’s stories at Didgeridoo Playing Main Stage 1 Story Telling Workshops Friday 11am-12pm | Friday 9:30-10am | Friday 1-2pm | 5-6pm | 7-8pm 9:15-10pm 12-12:30pm | 5-5:30pm Saturday 9-10am | Saturday 11am-12pm | 7-8pm Saturday 2-2:30pm | 3-3:30pm 12:30-1:30pm | 6-7pm | 4:30-5pm

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Eckybow (Eric Ellis) Eric ‘Eckybow’ Ellis is a direct descendant from the Northern Territory Warramunga and the New South Wales Kamilaroi tribes, and boasts of years of experience in didgeridoo and artefact making. As an actor, dancer and didge player, he has performed in many children’s theatres around Australia and has toured around the world with the Aboriginal Dance Troupe, Gamilaroi, and the Mungundi dancers.

Didgeridoo Making Workshops Learn how to make a didgeridoo with Eric at Aboriginal Cultural Workshops Friday: 9-10am | 11am-12pm | 2-3pm | 4-5pm | 6-7pm | 8:30-9:30pm Saturday: 10-11am | 11:30am-12:30pm | 1:30-2:30pm | 3-4pm | 5-6pm | 7-8pm

Story Telling Hear Eckybow’s stories at Story Telling Friday 10:30-11am | 12:30-1pm | 7:30-8pm Saturday 9:3-10am | 4-4:30pm | 5:30-6pm | 8:30-9pm

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Reuben Birchley

You could say music is in Reuben’s blood. The son of a concert pianist and music teacher, Reuben began playing the cello at age 8, the guitar at 13 and, since those times, has indulged his love of singing across a huge range of genres including hip-hop anthems, pop songs, rock and folk ballads.

You’ll find Reuben performing on the main stage and at the Kids’ Festival ukulele workshop.

Performing Live

Ukulele Workshops

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Main Stage 1 Thursday 7-7:45pm Friday 9:30-10:30am Saturday 12:15-1pm Kids Zone Stage Friday 4:30-5pm (5-10yrs) Saturday 3:30-4pm (5-10yrs)

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Music Workshops Thursday 10-11am (Kids) Saturday 2-3pm (Adults)

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Christopher Coleman Collective The Christopher Coleman Collective formed in Fern Tree, Tasmania in December 2011. Since those times, 31 musicians and a choir have collaborated, cut an album and toured Australia, UK, New Zealand and US. As a songwriter, Coleman’s appreciation for polar opposites is evidenced by ‘December’ and ‘500mg.’ Coleman traverses folk, blues and rock, weaving evocative, narrative-driven songs, for a show that has been described as: “An incredible hour of organic, seeming effortless and inspiring music” – Aphra Magazine “Captivating and mesmerising, making it easy to become lost in Coleman’s world” - The AU Review.

Performing Live Main Stage 1 Thursday 10:15-11pm Friday 8:15-9pm Saturday 10:45-11:30pm

Workshops Song-writing Workshops Music Workshops (Adults) Friday 11am-12pm

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Jessie G

Born with a passion to sing, plenty of front and a love of performing, nine-yearold Jessica Gorrie, aka Jessie G, started singing lessons just two years ago and has been singing at every opportunity since.

Her performances include The River Jam, Goondiwindi Apex Eisteddfod and St Mary’s Got Talent Show, but Cully Fest 2016 will be Jessie G’s first official gig and it is in her old hometown Cunnamulla. Don’t miss out on catching this little pocket rocket live at Cully Fest children’s festival.

Performing Live Kids Zone Stage Thursday 7-7:30pm Friday 12-12:30pm Saturday 10-10:30am Sunday 9:30-10am

PJ This sixteen-year-old musician was introduced to the world of music and showbiz from birth.

His diverse musical upbringing has fostered an interest for a wide range of musical styles, especially classic jazz standards and Frank Sinatra. PJ has been lucky enough to be learning from master guitarist, Sean Mullen and looks forward to sharing his love of music with other passionate youth during Cully Fest. PJ will be ripping up the modern hits nightly for his Cully Fest Kids Festival disco audience as well as sharing the MC role and running a series of workshops.

Hip Hop Rapping

Music All-Rounder

Music Workshops (Kids) Music Workshops (Kids) Thursday 6-7pm(12yrs & under) | 9-10pm(13- Thursday 5-6pm (10-13yrs) | 7-8pm (14-17yrs) 17yrs) Friday 10-11am (10-13yrs) | 5-6pm (14-17yrs) Friday 12-1pm (13-17yrs) | 6-7pm (12yrs & Saturday 4-5pm (14-17yrs) under) Sunday 11am-12pm (10-13yrs) Saturday 9-10am (12yrs & under) 16

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Josephine Birch

Who hasn’t started their singing career with a stellar performance in the shower? Josephine studied drama and theatre by trade and has dabbled in a variety of musical genres from jazz, blues, funk, bluegrass, gospel and more.

However, it wasn’t until her husband gave her a guitar that she discovered her true calling

– writing and performing folk and country ballads.

You’ll find Josephine running workshops on ‘how to project your natural voice’, ‘improvised singing’ and ‘how to sing in harmony’. On the theatrical side, she’ll be running theatre sports and improvisation workshops.

Performing Live Singing Workshops Theatre Sports Main Stage 1 Thursday 9-9:45pm Friday 3:30-4:30pm Saturday 2:30-3:30pm

Music Workshops (Adults) Saturday 11am-12pm ‘Open singing’ Music Workshops (Kids) Thursday 11am-12pm Friday 11am-12pm

Hip Hop Dance Section Saturday 1-2pm Primary Age Theatre Sports

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Darren Hanlon After years of touring the far flung corners of Australia and the greater world, Darren Hanlon has carved a place in the hearts of many who cross his path. He has the ability to make a large crowd feel like they’re in a lounge room amongst friends with his candid and charming storytelling.

With six acclaimed albums and many radio singles under his belt, he is currently touring his latest release, ‘Where Did You Come From?’, which came about after an epic adventure in the American south, where he recorded songs in New Orleans, Memphis, Muscle Shoals, Nashville and Clarksdale, with an array of musicians he met along the way.

From legend instrumentalists of popular music, Spooner Oldham (Neil Young, Bob Dylan etc), David Hood (Aretha Franklin etc), Howard Grimes (Al Green) to talented unknown buskers and street musicians he just stumbled upon, Hanlon has woven a richly conceived collection of songs steeped in southern Americana that backs new songs written in his inimitable idiosyncratic style.

Performing Live You can catch him live at Main Stage 1 Friday 10:15-11pm

Workshops A relaxed discussion about song-writing and travelling with a band.

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Sandra & Sean

Body & Soul

It’s fair to say that music is most definitely in the body and the soul of Brisbane duo, Sandra and Sean. With a repertoire that spans jazz, swing, blues and R&B vibes, Body and Soul are a real audience pleaser. But wait, there’s more... they don’t just sing, they teach guitar workshops, hip hop and DJ mixing and they’re bringing their talents to Cully Fest. You’ll also find Sandra emceeing the children’s festival activities.

Blutopia

Combine Sean Mullen’s mastery of the Blues guitar with Sandra Beynon’s extraordinary vocal talent and festivalgoers are in for a treat. Body and Soul’s repertoire covers a vast range of tunes - all sung with style and a great twist of blues.

If you’re after something out of the ordinary, then come along and see this dynamic duo.

Willie Nelson’s Love Child

This quirky, but musically authentic show, pays homage to country great, Willie Nelson. At 82 years of age, Willie is still out there doing what he loves most – performing! This show takes audiences on a journey through his life, loves and songs. If you love Willie Nelson or Country Music, make sure you add the Willie Nelson’s Love Child show to your must-see events.

Performing Live

You can catch them live at Main Stage 1 Thursday 8-8:45pm - Blutopia Friday 7:15-8pm - Willie Nelson’s Love Child Saturday 4-5pm - Body & Soul Duo

Guitar Workshops

Learn how to play guitar with Sean at Music Workshops (Adults) Thursday 11am -12pm | 2-3pm (basic) Friday 9-10am | 2-3pm (basic) Saturday 9-10am | 10-11am (Intermediate) Saturday 12-1:30pm (advanced) Sunday 9-10am (basic)

Hip Hop Rapping

Have fun rapping with Sandra at Music Workshops (Kids) Thursday 6-7pm(12yrs & under) | 9-10pm(13-17yrs) Friday 12-1pm (13-17yrs) | 6-7pm (12yrs & under) Saturday 9am-10am (12yrs & under) www.cullyfest.com

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Georgia & Mitch Dynamic Sunshine Coast duo, Georgia and Mitch join the Cully Fest line-up to share their tips and hints about song writing. The career buskers started going to open mic nights and now have regular gigs up and down the south east coastline. They’ll also be conducting singing workshops, drum and percussion sessions.

Performing Live

Percussion Workshops

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Music Workshops (Kids) Friday 4-5pm (beginners) Saturday 2-3pm

Kids Zone Stage Thursday 6-7pm | 9-10pm | 10-11pm (Open Jam session) Friday 11am-12pm | 10-11pm (Open Jam session) Saturday 12pm-1pm | 6pm-7pm | 10-11pm (Open Jam session) Sunday 10-11am

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Singing Workshops Music Workshops (Kids) Thursday 1-1:30 | 1:30-2 (beginners) Friday 9-9:30am | 9:30-10am Saturday 10-10:30am | 10:30am-11am (beginners)

Susie Klein

Professional artist, Susie Klein, is a Jaularoi woman born on Mandandanji traditional lands (that’s where you’ll find the town of Roma, in south west Queensland).

Every year, Susie commits herself to creative projects across the south west that inspire and bring people together to learn, share and tell stories. Susie is our go-to gal for all the kids’ art and crafty activities during Cully Fest.

Arts & Crafts Workshops Kite Making Thursday 9-9:30am | 12:301pm | 3:30-4pm

| 3-3:30 Sunday 9:30-10am | 11-11:30am

Mural Painting Friday 11-11:30am Saturday 12-12:30pm Sunday 10:30-11am

Clown & Balloon Thursday 10:30-11am (12yrs & under) | 2:30-3pm (13yrs+) Friday 9-9:30am (under 12yrs) | 1:30-2pm (13yrs+) Saturday 10:30-11am (under 12yrs) | 11-11:30am (13years +) Sunday 10-10:30am

Paint Pouring Friday 1-1:30pm Saturday 1-1:30pm Body & Face Painting Thursday 9:30-10am | 11-11:30am | 1:30-2pm | 3-3:30pm Friday 9:30am-10 | 12-12:30 | 3:30-4pm Saturday 9:30-10 | 12:30-1pm

Street Chalk Art Friday 10-10:30am | 12:301pm Saturday 9-9:30am | 1:30-2pm Sunday 9-9:30am

Paint Spinning Friday 2:30-3pm Saturday 2:30-3pm Sunday 2:30-3pm Hand Puppets Thursday 1-1:30pm Friday 10:30-11am Saturday 10-10:30am Jewellery Making Thursday 10-10:30am (13+yrs) 12-12:30pm (under 12yrs) Saturday 3:30-4pm (under 12yrs)

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John Roberts We’re not sure if poet John Roberts is nuts or nuts about poetry, but he tells some rippin’ yarns that will have ya in stiches of laughter. John’s poems are often written from real life stories and mishaps and make great entertainment. With many wins under his belt in national competitions, John is ready to share some of what he has learnt along the way and will run a workshop for budding poets as well as do a few performances to entertain the crowd.

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Hosted Talks Friday 4:30-5pm (Poetry) Saturday 9-9:30am

Poetry Workshop Coffee House/Bar Friday 2-2:30pm | 2:30-3pm

Silhouette Dance Bonnie Muir

Bonnie’s love for hip hop dancing is sure to reel you in for at least a few workshops. Bonnie has taught dance and cheer at various schools around Brisbane and summer schools in Australia and Singapore. Bonnie has an enormous amount of dedication and is passionate about ensuring that every child is given the opportunity to achieve their very best.

Kellie Wilson If you’re interested in learning contemporary dance, then Kellie is the teacher for you! Kellie trained for 10 years at Silhouette before accepting a position to study a Bachelor of Fine Arts (Dance Performance) at QUT. Although, Kellie is a talented Jazz, Tap and Hip Hop dancer, her passion is Contemporary and Classical Ballet. www.cullyfest.com

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Michael Nicholas Environmental artist, Michael Nicholas, has more than a passing attachment to Cunnamulla – he has strong family connections and his art demonstrates his deep affinity for Australia’s desert country. And fittingly, his painting of a young stockman squatting on the ground was turned into the Cunnamulla Fella bronze statute that graces Cunnamulla’s main street today.

Join Michael for Charcoal Drawing Master Classes, an exhibition of his own works and the chance to purchase his original artworks on 1 April.

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Charcoal Drawing

Hosted Talks

Charcoal sketching along the river Thursday 9-11am | 1-2pm | 3-4pm

Hear his story at Hosted Talks Sunday 9am - 9.30am Michael Nicholas - from country cop to environmental artist

Coffee House/Bar Friday 9-12pm | 6-8pm Saturday 9am-12pm | 2-4pm | 5-6:30pm Sunday 10-12pm

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Coffee House/Bar Friday 6-8pm

Jagera Jarjum Aboriginal Dance Group (The Guwamu Dancers)

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GUWAMU DANCERS All dancers are members of the Jagera Jarjum Aboriginal Dance Group who have performed as a family group since 1993. They have won the Lord Mayor’s Performing Arts Award, Youth Reconciliation Award and have won the Pan Pacific Cultural Festival in New Zealand.

They have travelled extensively in Japan, South America, Canada and the United States and United Arab Emirates.

Also known as The Guwamu Dancers, they will perform traditional dances from the Guwamu Nation (South West Qld) and other traditional dances that they have permission to share with the public.

Kargun Fogarty and Ngutji Fogarty are the troupe’s Song Men. Their song and dance has educated children from nearly every school, college and TAFE college in Southern Queensland, as well as regular performances at Woodford Festival and the Out of the Box Early Childhood Festival in Brisbane.

Cully Fest workshops will enable adults to gain an insight into Aboriginal culture first-hand where music and art are tools for encouraging and inspiring reconciliation with non-indigenous people.

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Performing Live Performances by the Warrego River Warrego River Aboriginal Performances Thursday 12-1pm (Dance) Thursday 1-2pm (didge playing with Kargun) Main Stage 1 Friday 12:30 – 1:30pm (Dance) Friday 2-3pm (Kargun Didge Playing) Saturday 9:30-10:30am (Dance) Saturday 1:15-2pm (Kargun Didge Playing)

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Didgeridoo Making Putting soul into Didgeridoo making There’s a real art to didgeridoo making that starts with picking the perfect piece of wood. But the magic comes when you work it – by stripping the bark and clearing the centre – because that’s when you put soul into it and that, according to Paul “Crumbo” Crumblin, is where the music comes from.

Aboriginal didgeridoo-makers can walk for miles through the bush looking for the perfect tree – Mali, Blue Box or Grey Box - that’s been hollowed by termites. Then it’s a matter of tapping them to check they’re hollow and they’re ready for cutting. With total respect for the land, Didge makers take only what they need. Once the bark is removed and the interior cleaned, the outside is sanded and holes are filled and sealed with beeswax.

In order to play the instrument, you need a beeswax mouthpiece and it’s ready to go. Then comes the real hard stuff – the circular breathing technique, which gives the instrument its haunting sound.

Didgeridoo making is a fascinating process which Crumbo reckons should be taught to all Aussies if we’re going to bridge the cultural divide. “Carpentry aside, this engineering was advanced for the time and it’s great to be able to show people from all walks of life the ingenuity behind it,” he said.

Workshops Learn how to make a didgeridoo at Aboriginal Cultural Workshops Thursday 9am – 2pm (At the Warrego River) Friday 9-10am | 11am-12pm | 2-3pm | 4-5pm | 6-7pm | 8:30-9:30pm Saturday 10-11am | 11:30am-12:30pm | 1:30-2:30pm | 3-4pm | 5-6pm | 7-8pm Sunday 9-12pm

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The Cooking Station

At The Cooking Station you can learn how to make traditional Aboriginal bush tucker such as Johnny Cakes and emu Kup Murri as well as local outback dishes. We strive to use local produce and locally sourced products to demonstrate our aboriginal and outback cooking.

You’ll also learn some great tips on cooking with all different types of outback meats, veggies and honey. The Cooking Station will be showing off heaps of demonstrations throughout the festival so make sure you stop by to learn the tricks of the trade.

What’s Cooking?

*TA= Traditional Aboriginal

Thursday at Warrego River Friday & Saturday 8am (prepare emu Kup Murri) (TA) 9-9:30am Cooking with yabbies 9-9:30am Cooking with yabbies 9:30-10am Cooking with kangaroo 9:30-10am Cooing with kangaroo 10-10:30am Cooking with lamb 10-10:30am Cooking with lamb 10:30-11am Cooking with beef 10:30-11am Cooking with beef 11-11:30am Cooking with emu (TA) 11-11:30am Cooking with emu (TA) 11:30-12pm Cooking with herbs & spices (TA) 11:30-12pm Cooking with herbs & spices (TA) 12-12:30pm Making Johnny Cakes (TA) 12-12:30pm Making Johnny Cakes(TA) 12:30-1pm Cooking with local fish (TA) 12:30-1pm Cooking with local fish (TA) 1-1:30pm Cooking with goat 1-1:30pm Cooking with goat 1:30-2pm Cooking with mussels (TA) 1:30-2pm Cooking with mussels (TA) 2-2:30pm Cooking with beef 2-2:30pm Cooking with beef 2:30-3pm Cooking with yabbies (TA) 2:30-3pm Cooking with yabbies (TA) 3-3:30pm Cooking with porcupine (TA) 3-3:30pm cooking with porcupine (TA) 3:30-4pm Gathering and eating grubs (TA) 3:30-4pm Gathering and eating grubs (TA) 4-4:30pm Cooking with quandongs 4:30-5pm Cooking with rabbit (TA) 5-5:30pm Cooking with pigeon Sunday 5:30-6pm Cooking with local honey 9-9:30am Cooking with yabbies 6-6:30pm Cooking with kangaroo (TA) 9:30-10am Cooking with kangaroo 6:30-7pm Cooking with lamb 10-10:30am Cooking with lamb 7-7:30pm Cooking with beef 10:30-11am Cooking with beef 7:30-8pm Cooking with local fish 11-11:30am Cooking with emu (TA) 11:30-12pm Cooking with herbs & spices (TA)

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Ask a child what sound a didgeridoo makes and you’ll likely end up in stitches of laughter... more will follow if you ask them to play it.

There’s a certain fascination with didgeridoos the world over, due in part to their unique, eerie sound and fabulous form, but mostly due to their difficulty to master.

That’ll all change at Cully Fest 2016, when internationallyrenowned Aboriginal Performing Artist, Mark Atkins joins forces with Cunnamulla locals to teach Outback festival goers how to master the infamous circular breathing technique.

Learn to play the didgeridoo at Aboriginal Cultural Workshops Friday 1-2pm | 5-6pm | 7-8pm Saturday 9-10am | 12:30-1:30pm | 6-7pm

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Guitar Workshops

Sean Mullen, from Body and Soul, is a master of the guitar. His experience as a professional player of over 40 years’ experience stands him in good stead as a tutor. Sean knows how to provide coaching to best suit the individual. His tips are practical, tailored to abilities and, above all, engaging and supportive.

His workshops are suitable for Bass and Guitar players–

own instrument required. backing tracks applying what Course notes provided. Bring you’ve learnt notebook or recording device Advanced (e.g. smartphone, tablet).

‘Best Pick’ Picking Mechanics Intermediate for for Better Blues solos.

Blues Guitar Uncaged!

Learn and apply 7 (fretting & This workshop allows you to picking) techniques (bends, guitar-solo using the CAGED pull-offs, hammers, mini-taps, cord shape system. You’ll sweeps, alternate & hybrid) in learn picking fundamentals; a blues solo. hand coordination for speed, Play along to a blues backing accuracy and tone and will track building a solo using the get to play to different blues techniques you’ve learnt.

Music Workshops (Adults) Thursday 11am -12pm | 2-3pm Friday 9-10am | 2-3pm Saturday 9-10am | 10-11am (Intermediate) Saturday 12-1:30pm (advanced) Sunday 9-10am Music Workshops (Kids) Sunday Advanced 9-10am

Ukulele Workshops Play a few songs, join a Ukulele orchestra or just have fun. Just bring yourself and a sense of fun, we’ll supply the ukuleles for the workshops.

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Music Workshops (Adult) Saturday 2-3pm Music Workshops (Kids) Thursday 10-11am

Singing Workshops

Music Workshops (Adults) Saturday 11am-12pm (Open singing with Josephine Birch) Music Workshops (Kids) Thursday 11am-12pm (Josephine Birch) Thursday 1-1:30pm | 1:30-2pm for beginners (Georgia & Mitch) Friday 9-9:30am | 9:30-10am (Georgia & Mitch) Friday 11am-12pm (Josephine Birch) Saturday 10-10:30am | 10:30am-11am for beginners (Georgia & Mitch)

Josephine Birch will be conducting a number of singing workshops at Cully Fest. The singing and harmony workshops will focus on freeing the natural voice through vocal techniques centred on breathing. Participants will learn a song in three parts and how to come together with the group in perfect harmony – like angels.

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Hip Hop Dance Section Saturday 1-2pm Primary Age Theatresports are a fun and supportive way to explore drama through improvisational games with a focus on collaborative storytelling. After an energetic physical and vocal warm-up, the group will be divided into teams and take turns performing scenes selected at random from cards. For younger children, these stories may be adapted from fairy tales with a narrator to help them along. Older children may be given a story to improvise within a certain genre, such as the horror version of “the cooking class”. All scenes have a time limit and the results are often hilarious. www.cullyfest.com

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Bush Survival Skills

Crack the whip and round ‘em up, The Drover is comin’ to Cully Fest! Retired Boss Drover, Les Capewell, took his first road trip from St George to Cunnamulla when he was just a babe in arms. His mother was atop the horse and sulky and stashed Les safely in a butter box under the sulky seat. When they pulled up and camped for the night, the collar off the horse served as his crib. He grew up on the droving trail and from the ripe old age of 13 years, he took on his own droving plant, becoming Boss Drover under the watchful eye of his grandfather, who agreed to be camp cook on the trip. Les is a typical outback larrikin, who enjoys nothing more than sharing his stories and bush survival skills with an audience.

A great whip cracker and a big character, Les is larger-than-life and looks forward to cracking his Aussie Stock Whip during Cully Fest.

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Opal mining Fossicking The opal is our national gem and rightly so, after all we produce the world’s finest opal and contribute to 95% of the world’s production. Come emu bopping – it’s what the locals call the movement of spotting colour in the ground and repeatedly stooping to grab it – at Cully Fest. We’ll have daily demonstrations on opal cutting and polishing, tips on how to fossick and what to look for and we’ll be building an opal cave, where festivalgoers will find our legendary ‘yowah nuts’.

Come Emu Bopping In Our Opal Cave!

Opal Cave and Fossicking Open to join in at anytime: Friday and Saturday 9am – 11pm Sunday 9am - 1pm Introductory Sessions: Friday 9-9:15am | 11-11:15am | 1:30-1:45pm | 3:30-3:45pm | 6:30-6:45pm | 8-8:15pm Saturday 9-9:15am | 11-11:15am | 1:30-1:45pm | 3:30-3:45pm | 6:30-6:45pm | 8-8:15pm Sunday 9-9:15am | 11-11:15am

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Local Art & Craft Exhibition Cunnamulla is blessed to have some fabulous local artists... they’re a little shy about showing their work, but we’re breaking out all stops with a fantastic exhibition of our local talent. Meet the artists, see the sites they love and learn what inspires them.

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Gardening Comp

Gardening in the Outback is a massive challenge as gardeners not only face drought and heat waves, struggles with bore water and native wildlife. Despite the devastating lows and loss of plants, these committed gardeners re-plan and regroup to create a beautiful environment for family and friends to escape in on those hot days.

This is an inclusive event and we strongly encourage entries from young aspiring green thumbs (children) older green thumbs (seniors), individual gardeners, families, specialty gardeners, rural properties, commercial organisations and small businesses to enter.

Spectators, don’t be shy.

Prizes Each category winner will receive $250 plus prizes.

The Ultimate Gardening Champion will win a luxurious 7 Night Getaway at Sanctuary Cove in a gorgeous Gold Coast holiday home just 10 minutes’ drive from Movie World, Wet ‘n’ Wild, Dreamworld and White Water World (valued at $2310) plus an additional $500 spending money.

How To Enter To enter into the Cully Fest 2016’s Gardening Competition, you must read the Terms and Conditions and complete the online entry form found in the Competitions section of our website. You must register by the end of February 2016 and you must have a festival pass.

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Busking Comp The Outback is bursting with talent and who knows, your performance at Cully Fest, could make you ‘the next big thing’.

We’ll be holding our busking competition at key locations in the Cunnamulla CBD and hope to attract buskers from around the country. Great prizes are on offer and a range of categories as well as a coveted People’s Choice award.

Prizes Busk your way to more than $11,000 in CASH and prizes.

• The ten finalists from the collective categories and our two People’s Choice finalists

will receive $500 cash plus prizes per act • The Five Semi Finalists acts will receive $500 Cash and prizes • The Two Grand Finalists acts will receive $500 Cash and prizes • The Grand Final Winner act will receive $1500 Cash and prizes How To Enter To enter, read our Terms and Conditions, complete the online entry form and submit a video link found in the Competitions section of our website.

Check them out around town On the Cunnamulla streets Thursday 9-10am (Buskers gig briefing and workshop) @ Club Boutique Hotel Thursday 12-4pm Friday 9am-3pm Saturday 9am-3pm Sunday 9-10:30am (winners announced and top two acts perform – Main Stage 1) www.cullyfest.com

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Didgeridoo Comp • Are you an accomplished or amateur brass aerophonist (as musicologists call it)?

• Have you mastered circular breathing or can you close your vocal cords to hold the notes?

• Do you love to tinker on the didgeridoo?

• Fancy your chances against the locals?

Then we want you to enter the first ever Cully Fest didge playing competition. It’s the X-Factor of all didgeridoo comps with some of the country’s best players joining our allstar judging panel.

How To Enter Complete your entry form and submit either online or at the information booth during the festival.

Simply read our Didgeridoo Competition Terms and submit your online form, all found on our website.

With three full days of professional instruction and workshops on offer during Cully Fest, we expect to have interest from beginners as well as those wanting to fine tune their techniques. Competition will be fierce, but fun.

If you just want to watch or cheer on the entrants, check out the official Cully Fest website for performance and competition times.

Prizes We’re offering cash prizes including: First prize – Beginners $200.

First prize – Intermediate $200.

Encouragement award - $100.

Watch the contestants live from 9:30-11:30am Sunday in the Story Telling Section.

Food Experiences Wherever you go in the Outback, the food is hearty and the portions are BIG. We’re pretty sure with the hive of activity we’ve got going on that you’ll work up a monster appetite, so we’ve got that covered. Pop into the Club Boutique Hotel for a monster steak and Peieta’s famous apple fritters or take a turn about town at one of our eateries. We’ll also have a crackin’ lineup of food stalls in and around the festival precinct. Check our programme for the Aboriginal bush tucker experiences – they’re authentic and the food is delish!

Market Stalls Arts and Crafts, home wares, fabulous food, fashion and more...you’ll be amazed what you’ll uncover in our market stall section at Cully Fest. We’ve scoured the Outback and pulled together an eclectic mix to keep the shopaholics happy and to ensure you find the perfect holiday souvenirs for the folks back home. www.cullyfest.com

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Story Telling

For indigenous Australians, storytelling is both a gift, and a tradition that transcends the words, and cuts right to the spiritual relationship between the elements, man and the earth.

Herb Wharton is a legend in these parts. He stumbled on to story telling when injuries prevented him continuing on the rodeo circuit. His sister gave him a paper and a pencil and the words and poems flowed about the things that he knew – life on the land, droving and wonderful Dreamtime stories like The Moondagutta, a spiritual creature that lives in the river.

Young and old alike are invited to join us, in the heart of the south west, as our local story tellers, like Herb, weave tales about our tiny town and beyond. This cuts right to the heart of Photo Š Alli Sanderson what Cully Fest is all about. www.cullyfest.com

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Hosted Talks We’ve scoured the Paroo region and compiled an eclectic mix of speakers.

Whilst their topics vary from droving to being a roo man, their passion for this region shines through. This is authentic Australia right here, folks!

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Kite Making You’ll be flying high on adrenalin when you join indigenous artist, Susie Klein, for lessons in how to make the perfect kite. And, of course, once the hard work’s done making it, you’ve got to make it look the part with a spot of decorating. Susie has created more than 50 murals from Muckadilla to Peek-a-Doo to Injune and Yuleba... so your kites are guaranteed to look amazing.

Learn to make kites at Arts & Crafts Thursday 9-9:30am | 12:30–1pm | 3:30-4pm

Clown & Balloon Clowning around is totally allowed in this classroom. Multi-talented indigenous artist, Susie Klein, returns to the kids’ festival with her fabulous clown workshops. Break out the red nose, oversized shoes and the big flower with the water squirter and transform into your favourite circus clown. This is one workshop – complete with magic tricks – that the kids will love.

Clown around with Susie at Arts & Craft Thursday 10:30-11am (12yrs & under) | 2:30-3pm(13yrs+) Friday 9-9:30am(12yrs & under) | 1:30-2pm(13yrs+) Saturday 10:30-11am (12yrs & under) | 11-11:30am (13yrs +) Sunday 10-10:30am

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Chalk Street Art

With a piece of Cunnamulla footpath as your canvas and the expertise of indigenous artist, Susie Klein, at the fore, we’re expecting our pint-sized Picassos to create works of art on the streets of Cully. This is one activity your kids will chalk up to experience, when they’re done.

Don’t forget to bring your smart phones to capture the moment. Tag #cullyfest #cunnamulla and #outbackqueensland. Please note the following times below are workshop times however this activity will be running supervised all day.

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Dance Workshops Hip Hop is rooted in African American culture. The story goes that a Bronx DJ, was entertaining at his sister’s back-to-school party in the 70s and tried something new on the turntable: he extended an instrumental beat (breaking or scratching) to let people dance longer (break dancing) and began rapping to it... and the rest, as they say, is history.

Bonnie Muir is set to bring hip hop from the Bronx backstreets to the main street of Cunnamulla.

Bonnie is a dancer first and foremost, an accomplished choreographer and a Director of the Australian Teachers of Dancing – a position that has seen her teach her hip hop moves all over the world. Are you ready, Cunnamulla?

Contemporary

Thursday, Friday & Saturday 10:45-11:45am Contemporary (senior 13yrs+) 12-1pm Contemporary Junior (6-12yrs) 2-3pm Contemporary Senior (13Yrs+) 3:15-4:15pm Contemporary Junior (6-12yrs) 7-8pm Contemporary Senior (13yrs+) 54

8:15-9:15pm Contemporary Junior (6-12yrs) Sunday 9-9:45am Contemporary (senior 13yrs+) 10-10:45am Contemporary Junior (6-12yrs)

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Thursday 9:30-10:30am Pre Dance (5yrs & under) 10:45-11:45am Junior Hip Hop (6-12yrs) 12-1pm Senior Hip Hop (13yrs+) 2-3pm Junior Hip Hop (6-12yrs) 3:15-4:15pm Senior Hip Hop (13yrs+) Friday 9:30-10:30am Pre Dance (5yrs & under) 10:45-11:45am Junior Hip Hop (6-12yrs) 12-1pm Senior Hip Hop (13yrs+) 2-3pm Junior Hip Hop (6-12yrs) 3:15-4:14pm Senior Hip Hop (13yrs+) 7-8pm Junior Hip Hop (6-12yrs) 8:15-9:15pm Senior Hip Hop (13+yrs)

Hip Hop

Saturday 9:30-10:30am Pre Dance (under 5yrs) 10:45-11:45am Junior Hip Hop (6-12yrs) 12-1pm Senior Hip Hop (13yrs+) 2-3pm Junior Hip Hop (6-12yrs) 3:15-4:14pm Senior Hip Hop (13yrs+) 7-8pm Junior Hip Hop (6-12yrs) 8:15-9:15pm Senior Hip Hop (13+yrs) Sunday 9:30-10:30am Junior Hip Hop (6-12yrs) 10:45-11:45am Senior Hip Hop (13yrs+)

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Under 6’'s Paroo Mobile Contact

They’ve been travelling deserted, dusty roads around Queensland and New South Wales since 1987 and they’re coming to Cully Fest! If you think your little kiddies and toddlers will be limited for choice, then think again as these amazing ladies showcase the ultimate in toy boxes.

In the blink of an eye, your toddler (0-6 years) will be twisting, turning, pushing, pulling and rolling with the best of them.

Spend time with the Paroo Mobile Contact at Under 6s Friday 9am-12pm | 2pm-5pm Saturday 9am-12pm | 2pm-5pm Sunday 9am-12pm

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Jumping Castle We don’t do things by halves, so we’re offering not one, but two jumping castles full of super inflated fun at Cully Fest. Kids aged (under 6) can bounce all their energy away in the smaller kids castle every day during Cully Fest; whilst the slightly bigger kids (7-14) can release their hot air in the Cully Castle.

Under 6’s Thursday 5:30-10:30pm Friday 8:30am-10:30pm Saturday 8:30am-10:30pm Sunday 9am-2pm

Kid Zone Area (Years 7-14) Thursday 5:30-10:30pm Friday 8:30am-10pm Saturday 8:30am-10:30pm Sunday 9am-2pm

Face & Body Painting

She’s Outback-born and bred and super proud of her heritage. Indigenous artist, Susie Klein, is not afraid to turn her hand to new materials when it comes to her art. She’s currently in training for the 2016 World Body Painting Festival in Austria, is an award-winner in the Face Painting category at the Australian Body Painting Comp and is an active member of the World Body Painting Association. She’s a dab hand with a brush and ready to create facial masterpieces on our littlest festivalgoers.

Get your face painted at Arts & Crafts Thursday 9:30-10am | 11-11:30am | 1:30-2pm | 3-3:30pm Friday 9:30-10am | 12-12:30pm | 3:30-4pm Saturday 9:30-10am | 12:30-1pm | 3-3:30pm Sunday 9:30-10am | 11-11:30am

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Sandboarding

Sit, stand, tandem and face-first – what ever your style, we want you! For those that love adrenalin-charged outdoor activities, well, we reckon the steep sandhill country on the outskirts of town will be impossible to resist. Grab your sandboard and some wax from the station at the sand hills and the rest is up to you.

Hit the slopes at Cunnamulla Sandhill Thursday, Friday & Saturday 9am – 5pm Sunday 9am-12pm

Animal Farm Where City Meets The Outback

Kids have a fascination with baby animals and here, at Cully Fest, we’re providing a hands-on experience where the littlest members of your family can meet the littlest members of our farm family. We’ll have lambs, goats, calves, chickens and pigs corralled in our interactive animal farm and our team will be on hand to give them the low-down on how to look after our animals and how to feed them.

Come see the animals at Animal Farm Friday & Saturday: 9-11am | 1-3pm | 5-7pm Sunday 9am-12pm

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little squirt This mini fire engine will be scootin’ around the festival with the firies in the front seat to pick up kids along the way. When you see it in action and if there are any spare seats left, jump aboard for a fun ride around Cully Fest. When the Little Squirt isn’t attended feel free to take a few happy snaps of the little fire engine or even just climb aboard to check it out. Little Squirt will be around for the whole festival from Thursday to Sunday.

Dig for a Fossil

You’re deep in dinosaur country! The south west has been hailed one of Australia’s most significant dinosaur, mega fauna and microfauna fossil hotspots by the folks at Eromanga Natural History Museum. This fun dig is educational and great for would-be Indiana Joneses.

Dig for a Fossil (Adults & Kids) Running daily from 9am-9pm (Finishing at 12pm on Sunday)

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Introductory Sessions Thursday 6-6:30pm 7:30-8pm Friday, Saturday 9-9:30am 10:30-11am 12-12:30pm

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1:30-2pm 3-3:30pm 4:30-5pm 6-6:30pm 7:30-8pm Sunday 9-9:30am 10:30-11am

Cheveux Hair Styling If you want to learn how to style your hair like a pro take this limited opportunity workshop with leading hairstylist, Rebecca Ashley from Cheveux hair salon in Toowoomba.

In this modern workshop Rebecca will share eighteen years styling and fashion experience providing small tricks of the trade that will enable you to better style your hair at home.

Rebecca is a passionate, in demand stylist who enjoys working with young people and engaging and encouraging them to look and feel their best.

Maximum of 20 people per workshop. First 100 participants will receive a FREE gift pack.

Learn about hair styling at Cheveux Hair Styling Friday 9:30-10:15am | 3-3:45pm Saturday 9:30-10:15am | 3-3:45pm Sunday 9:30-10:15am | 10:30-11:15am

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Laser Tag

What do you get when you add high-tech laser phasers, the wide open spaces around Cunnamulla and a challenging battlefield obstacle course and maze together? You get an awesome time in the great outdoors, that’s what. Families are welcome to join this high-tech game of hide and seek, on daily at Cully Fest.

Get involved at Outback Adventure Zone A new game will start every 20 minutes. There will be a 10 minute break between sessions.

Thursday 5:30pm-10:20pm Friday & Saturday 9am-10:20pm Sunday 9am-11:20am

Hip Hop Rapping Grab a pen and paper, write down some ideas – what do you like to do, what’s fun to you, what are your favourite things, events in your life – and create a quick poem/narrative. Then, hop up and try your hand at being Eminem and tell your story set to a backdrop of great rap music!

Philip (PJ) is an A-grade English student and will be able to help with getting your narrative together, so you’ll leave with a recording of your own rap! Bring along your recording device – smartphone, tablet etc – and take home a video too!

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Fairy Wonderland

A bonafide Fairy Wonderland is the last thing you’d expect to see in the Queensland desert.

Our team of helpers have constructed a secret fairies’ den complete with colourful toadstools and gossamer. Kids in costume are very welcome as we tell fairy tales and play secret fairy games.

Join the wonderland at Outback Fairy Wonderland Friday & Saturday 10am – 1pm | 2-4pm | 5-8pm Sunday 10-12pm

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Music Workshops

Kid Zone Stage

Kite Making 9-9:30am

Hip Hop - Junior 6 - 12yrs 10:45-11:45am

Contemporary Senior 13 +yrs 10:45-11:45am

Hip Hop - Senior Hip Hop 13 +yrs 12-1pm

Contemporary Junior 6 - 12yrs 12-1pm

Jewellery Making 13 +yrs 10-10:30am Clown & Balloon under 12yrs 10:30-11am Face & Body Painting 11-11:30am

Hip Hop - Junior 6 - 12yrs 2-3pm

Contemporary Senior 13 +yrs 2-3pm

Hip Hop - Senior 13+yrs 3:15-4:15pm

Contemporary Junior 6 - 12yrs 3:15-4:15pm

Ukulele Fun 10am - 11am

Singing Workshop 11am-12pm

Jewellery Making Under 12yrs 12-12:30pm Kite Making 12:30-1pm Hand Puppets 1-1:30pm Face & Body Painting 1:30-2pm

Singing for Beginners 1pm - 2pm

Clown & Balloon 13yrs+ 2:30-3pm Face & Body Painting 3-3:30pm Kite Making 3:30-4pm

Music All-Rounder 10-13yrs (PJ) 5-6pm Hip Hop Rapping Under 12yrs 6-7pm

Georgia & Mitch 6-7pm

Music All-Rounder 10-13yrs (PJ) 7-8pm

Jessie G 7-7:30pm

Hip Hop Rapping 13-17yrs 9-10pm

Georgia & Mitch 9-10pm

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Face & Body Painting 9:30-10am

Hip Hop - Pre Dance Under 5yrs 9:30-10:30am

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Open Jam Session 10-11pm

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Cunnamulla Sandhill

Outback Adventure Zone (Laser Tag) Under 6’s

Dig for a Fossil

Fishing Competition Cully Fest Fishing Classic At the Warrego River 8am-4pm

andboarding am - 5pm

Game 1 5:30-5:50pm Game 2 6-6:20pm Game 3 6:30-6:50pm Game 4 7-7:20pm Game 5 7:30-7:50pm Game 6 8-8:20pm

Jumping Castle (under 6s) 5:30pm - 10:30pm

Intro Session 6-6:30pm

Join in anytime between 5:30-9pm

Intro Session 7:30-8pm

Game 7 8:30-8:50pm Game 8 9-9:20pm Game 9 9:30-9:50pm Game 10 10-10:20pm

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Clown & Balloon under 12yrs 9-9:30am Hip Hop - Pre Dance Under 5yrs 9:30-10:30am

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Face & Body Painting 9:30-10am Street Chalk Art 10-10:30am

Hip Hop - Junior 6 - 12yrs 10:45-11:45am

Contemporary Senior 13 +yrs 10:45-11:45am

Hip Hop - Senior Hip Hop 13 +yrs 12-1pm

Contemporary Junior 6 - 12yrs 12-1pm

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Hand Puppets 10:30-11am Mural Painting 11-11:30am

Face & Body Painting 1212:30pm Street Chalk Art 12:30-1pm Paint Pouring 1-1:30pm Clown & Balloon 13yrs+ 1:30-2pm

Hip Hop - Junior 6 - 12yrs 2-3pm

Contemporary Senior 13 +yrs 2-3pm

Hip Hop - Senior 13+yrs 3:15-4:15pm

Contemporary Junior 6 - 12yrs 3:15-4:15pm

Music Workshops

Kid Zone Stage

Singing - with Georgia & Mitch 9-10am

Singing - with Josephine Birch 11am-12pm

Georgia & Mitch 11am - 12pm

Hip Hop Rapping 13-17yrs 12-1pm

Jessie G 12 - 12.30pm

Rhythm - with Georgia & Mitch 1-2pm

Paint Spinning 2:30-3pm

Face & Body Painting 3:30-4pm

Reuben Birchley (5-10yrs) 4.30pm - 5pm

Music Allrounder14-17yrs (PJ) 5-6pm

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Contemporary Senior 13 +yrs 7-8pm

Blue Light Disco 7pm - 10pm

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Hip Hop - Senior Hip Hop 13 +yrs 8:15-9:15pm

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Sandboarding 9am - 5pm

Music All-rounder 10-13yrs (PJ) 10-11am

Percussion for Beginners 4pm - 5pm

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Contemporary Junior 6 - 12yrs 8:15-9:15pm

Open Jam Session 10-11pm

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Dig for a Fossil

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Game 1 9am - 9.20am Game 2 9:30-9:50pm Game 3 10-10:20am Game 4 10:30-10:50am

Paroo Mobile Contact 9am12pm

Jumping Castle (under 6s) 8:30am 10:30pm

Intro Session 9-9:30am

Join in anytime between 9am9pm

Animal Farm

Outback Fairy Wonderland

Animal Farm 9-11am

Cheveux Hair Styling

Hair Styling 9:30-10:15am Fairy Wonderland 10am-1pm

Intro Session 10:3011am

Game 5 11-11:20am Game 6 11:30-11:50am Intro Session 1212:30pm

Game 7 12-12:20pm Game 8 12:30-12:50pm Game 9 1-1:20pm

Intro Session 1:30-2pm

Game 10 1:30-1:50pm

Animal Farm 1-3pm

Game 11 2-2:20pm Game 12 2:30-2:50pm Game 13 3-3:20pm Game 14 3:30-3:50pm Game 15 4-4:20pm Game 16 14:30-4:50pm

Paroo Mobile Contact 2pm5pm

Fairy Wonderland 2-4pm Intro Session 3-3:30pm

Intro Session 4:30-5pm

Game 17 5-5:20pm Game 18 5:30-5:50pm Game 19 6-6:20pm Game 20 6:30-6:50pm Game 21 7-7:20pm Game 22 7:30-7:50pm

Hair Styling 3-3:45pm

Animal Farm 5-7pm

Fairy Wonderland 5-8pm

Intro Session 6-6:30pm

Intro Session 7:30-8pm

Game 23 8-8:20pm Game 24 8:30-8:50pm Game 25 9-9:20pm Game 26 9:30-9:50pm Game 27 10-10:20pm

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Street Chalk Art 9-9:30am Hip Hop - Pre Dance Under 5yrs 9:30-10:30am

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Face & Body Painting 9:30-10am Hand Puppets 10-10:30am

Hip Hop - Junior 6 - 12yrs 10:45-11:45am

Contemporary Senior 13 +yrs 10:45-11:45am

Hip Hop - Senior Hip Hop 13 +yrs 12-1pm

Contemporary Junior 6 - 12yrs 12-1pm

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Primary age Theatre Sports 1-2pm Hip Hop - Junior 6 - 12yrs 2-3pm

Contemporary Senior 13 +yrs 2-3pm

Hip Hop - Senior 13+yrs 3:15-4:15pm

Contemporary Junior 6 - 12yrs 3:15-4:15pm

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Music Workshops

Hip Hop Rapping 12yrs & under 9-10am Singing for Beginners 10-11am

Mural Painting 12-12:30pm

Paint Spinning 2:30-3pm

Jessie G 10-10:30am

Rhythm - with Georgia & Mitch 1-2pm Percussion - with Georgia & Mitch 2-3pm Reuben Birchley (5-10yrs) 3:30-4pm

Face & Body Painting 3-3:30pm Jewellery Making Under 12yrs 3:30-4pm Music All-rounder 14-17yrs (PJ) 4-5pm

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Georgia & Mitch 6-7pm

Hip Hop - Junior 6 - 12yrs 7-8pm

Contemporary Senior 13 +yrs 7-8pm

Blue Light Disco 7pm - 10pm

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Hip Hop - Senior Hip Hop 13 +yrs 8:15-9:15pm

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Sandboarding 9am - 5pm

Georgia & Mitch 12-1pm

Face & Body Painting 12:30-1pm Paint Pouring 1-1:30pm Street Chalk Art 1:30-2pm

Kid Zone Stage

Contemporary Junior 6 - 12yrs 8:15-9:15pm

Open Jam Session 10-11pm

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Game 1 9am - 9.20am Game 2 9:30-9:50pm Game 3 10-10:20am Game 4 10:30-10:50am

Paroo Mobile Contact 9am12pm

Jumping Castle (under 6s) 8:30am 10:30pm

Dig for a Fossil

Intro Session 9-9:30am

Join in anytime between 9am9pm

Animal Farm

Outback Fairy Wonderland

Animal Farm 9-11am

Cheveux Hair Styling

Hair Styling 9:30-10:15am Fairy Wonderland 10am-1pm

Intro Session 10:3011am

Game 5 11-11:20am Game 6 11:30-11:50am

Intro Session 1212:30pm

Game 7 12-12:20pm Game 8 12:30-12:50pm Game 9 1-1:20pm

Intro Session 1:30-2pm

Game 10 1:30-1:50pm

Animal Farm 1-3pm

Game 11 2-2:20pm Game 12 2:30-2:50pm Game 13 3-3:20pm Game 14 3:30-3:50pm Game 15 4-4:20pm Game 16 14:30-4:50pm

Paroo Mobile Contact 2pm5pm

Fairy Wonderland 2-4pm Intro Session 3-3:30pm

Intro Session 4:30-5pm

Game 17 5-5:20pm Game 18 5:30-5:50pm Game 19 6-6:20pm

Hair Styling 3-3:45pm

Animal Farm 5-7pm

Fairy Wonderland 5-8pm

Intro Session 6-6:30pm

Game 20 6:30-6:50pm Game 21 7-7:20pm Game 22 7:30-7:50pm

Intro Session 7:30-8pm

Game 23 8-8:20pm Game 24 8:30-8:50pm Game 25 9-9:20pm Game 26 9:30-9:50pm Game 27 10-10:20pm

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Hip Hop - Pre Dance Under 5yrs 9:30-10:30am Hip Hop - Junior 6 - 12yrs 10:45-11:45am

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Arts & Crafts

Music Workshops

Street Chalk Art 9-9:30am

Kid Zone Stage

Jessie G 9:30-10am

Face & Body Painting 9:30-10am

Cunnamulla Sandhill

Sandboarding 9am - 12pm

Outb Adve Zone

Game 9am -

Game 9:30-9

Clown & Balloon 10-10:30am

Game 10-10:

Mural Painting 10:30-11am

Game 10:30-

Face & Body Painting 1111:30am

Music Allrounder10-13yrs (PJ) 11am-12pm

Game 11-11:

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Dig for a Fossil

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Intro Session 9-9:30am

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Paroo Mobile Contact 9am12pm

Jumping Castle (under 6s) 9am - 2pm

Intro Session 10:3011am

Join in anytime between 9am12pm

Animal Farm

Outback Fairy Wonderland

Cheveux Hair Styling

Main Stage 1

Animal Farm 9am-12pm Hair Styling 9:30-10:15am Fairy Wonderland 10am-12pm

Hair Styling 10:30-11:15am

Closing Ceremony 12-2pm

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SPEND YOUR EASTER BREAK OUTBACK WITH THE ANGELS If the Easter holidays roll around each year and your first thought is “We Gotta Get Out Of This Place”, OR the Aussie Outback has been on our bucket list OR you just love rockin’ out to The Angels, then we have a unique getaway for you.

What’s Included: • Charter flight Sydney to Cunnamulla and return with Regional Express Airlines. Flights depart Sydney on Friday, April 1 07:00 and return Sunday, April 3 15:39.

• Al a carte champagne breakfast aboard flight to Cunnamulla and gourmet lunch return flight.

• Transfers to/from Cunnamulla Regional Airport.

• Admission to Cully Fest – with no further costs for activities or workshops*.

• Two nights’ accommodation in our five-star Glamping experience with all the trimmings • Join us for an intimate, invitation-only meet and greet session with The Angels.

• Entry to our invitation-only Cully Fest Celebration of wine and cheese.

• Meet artist Michael Nicholas and find out what connects him to the Outback.

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Festival Timetable Thursday, March 31 – Celebrating The River In any Outback town, the river is the lifeblood of the community – a stable waterhole means animals (kangaroos, emus, turtles, yabbies’ and birds) come in and locals don’t have to hunt further afield for their tucker.

As times have changed, the development of the Allan Tannock Weir has allowed

surrounding landholders to irrigate their properties and sustain their livelihood.

the coffee-coloured waters deliver excellent fishing with anglers luring Yellowbelly, giant Murray Cod, Catfish and Did you know the word Silver Perch to shore. It’s also Warrego is Aboriginal for river the perfect spot to cool off of sand? Yet, for the residents on a warm Queensland day. of Cunnamulla (which means long stretch of water in the It’s only fitting then that the local lingo), the river is so opening day of Cully Fest much more. In these parts, celebrates life by the river.

Friday, April 01 – Celebrating Outback Culture Aboriginal art and the land are inseparable... and it is Aboriginal art that reinforces Australia’s identity as the place in the world with the longest continuing human culture. There is great interest on the world’s stage – not just with musicians like Mark Atkins, but with institutions

like Harvard and The Tate in London bringing Aboriginal Art to the fore.

At Cully Fest we take this culture... the story telling, the didgeridoo playing and the art out of sterile museums and into the very place that inspired it - a living, breathing Outback environment

where the dirt is red, where kangaroos bound and where the legendary Moondagutta lurks below the surface of the river. It’s hands-on, it’s natural and it’s authentic. Today’s the day to celebrate the best of our Aboriginal and Outback culture.

Saturday, April 02 – Celebrating Aussie Rock Australian’s have a love affair with Aussie music and they don’t come any better than The Angels – with new frontman, Dave Gleeson.

These guys have been part of the Australian musical landscape for 40+ years and promise to delve deep into their huge back catalogue at

tonight’s main event.

Today, however, Cully Fest is all about the music and we’ve sourced Outback, Local and Aboriginal performers from the south west and beyond to perform over the four days.

Plus, we’ve giving wouldbe stars the change to be

discovered with our festival busking competition – the Grand Final’s tomorrow.

Come, help us celebrate Australian music in all its forms... with a good dose of Outback culture thrown in for good measure.

Sunday, April 03 – Celebrating The Faces And Places There’s dirt, there’s dust and there’s desert out back, but there’s also one thing that thrives in this sometimes unforgiving environment and that’s the unconventional and utterly engaging characters you’ll find at each and every township. The people and the

faces are a major drawcard to the places... and, with great country hospitality, you’ll find them happy to sit and share a yarn or two.

At Cully Fest, we’re celebrating all of our eccentricities and differences with a variety

of hosted talks, workshops, concerts and performances.

It’s your time to rub shoulders with Outback legends – like poet Herb Wharton – and learn just what it’s like to grow up out back.

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Festival Timetable - thu

Along the Warrego River

8 9

Aboriginal Workshops & Performances

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Yabbies 9-9:30am

Join in with the locals and learn how to make a didgeridoo 9am - 2pm

Kangaroo 9:30-10am

Fishing Competition

Main Stag

Cully Fest Fishing Classic 8am-4pm Charcoal Drawing (Michael Nicholas) 9-11am

Lamb 10-10:30am Beef 10:30-11am

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The Cooking Art by the Station River Prepare for Emu feast 8am

Welcome to Country by Kunja Traditional Owners 8:30-9am

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Story Telling

Cheryl Buchanan Yarning 11-11:30am

Guwamu Dancers 12-1pm

Emu (TA) 11-11:30am Herbs & Spices (TA) 11:30am-12pm Johnny Cakes (TA) 12-12:30pm Local Fish (TA) 12:30-1pm

Kargun Didgeridoo Playing 1-2pm

Goat 1-1:30pm Mussels (TA) 1-1:30pm

Local Artist 12-1pm

Charcoal Drawing (Michael Nicholas) 1-2pm

Beef 2-2:30pm Yabbies (TA) 2:30-3pm

3

Cheryl Buchanan Yarning 3-3:30pm

4

Porcupine (TA) 3-3:30pm Gathering & Eating Grubs (TA) 3:30-4pm

Charcoal Drawing (Michael Nicholas) 3-4pm

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Opening of Festival 5:30-6:30pm Local Art & Craft Exhibition 6:30-8pm

Reuben Birch 7-7:45pm

Blutopia 8-8:45pm

Josephine B 9-9:45pm

Christopher Coleman 10:15-11pm

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Opal Cave & Fossicking

Intro Session 9-9:15am

Coffe House/Bar

Music Workshops

On the Cunnamulla CBD Streets

Open Garden Trail

IGA Mills 70th Birthday Party

Open for public viewing & voting 8am-4pm Open from 9am 11pm

Buskers gig briefing and workshop 9am - 10am

Intro Session1111:15am

Guitar with Sean 11am-12pm Birthday Party 11:30am-2:30pm Busking around town 12-4pm

Intro Session 1:301:45pm Poetry Workshop John Roberts 2-3pm

Guitar with Sean 2-3pm

Intro Session 3:303:45pm

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Charcoal Drawing (Michael Nicholas) 6-8pm

Intro Session 8-8:15pm

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Festival Timetable - f 8 9

Aboriginal Cultural Workshops

Didgeridoo Making 9am - 10am

10 11

Didgeridoo Making 11am - 12pm

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5 6 7

Cheryl Buchanan Yarning 11-11:30am

Eckybow 12:30-1pm

Kangaroo 9:30-10am Lamb 10-10:30am Beef 10:30-11am Emu (TA) 11-11:30am Herbs & Spices (TA) 11:30am-12pm Johnny Cakes (TA) 12-12:30pm Local Fish (TA) 12:30-1pm

Learn to play the didgeridoo 1-2pm

Goat 1-1:30pm

Didgeridoo Making 2-3pm

Beef 2-2:30pm

Music Workshops

Intermediate Guitar 9am - 10am Intermediate Guitar 10-11am Chris Coleman Song-writing 11am-12pm

Didgeridoo Making 4-5pm Mark Atkins 5-5:30pm

Didgeridoo Making 8:30-9:30pm

Porcupine (TA) 3-3:30pm Gathering & Eating Grubs (TA) 3:30-4pm Quandongs 4-4:30pm Rabbit (TA) 4:30-5pm Pigeon 5-5:30pm Local Honey 5:30-6pm

Reuben Birch 9:30-10:30am

Mark Atkins 11am-12pm

Guitar Basic 2-3pm

Kargun Didgeridoo Playing 2-3pm

Josephine B 3:30-4:30pm Darren Hanlon Discussion 4-5pm

Busking Competition 5-7pm

Kangaroo (TA) 6-6:30pm

Didgeridoo Making 6pm - 7pm

Learn to play the didgeridoo 7pm - 8pm

MC-Welcom 9-9:15pm

Mussels (TA) 1:30-2pm

Cheryl Buchanan - Yarning 3-3:30pm

Learn to play the didgeridoo 5pm - 6pm

Main Sta

Guwamu Dancers 12:30-1:30pm

Yabbies (TA) 2:30-3pm

8 9

Mark Atkins 9:30-10am

Mark Atkins 12-12:30pm

3 4

The Cooking Station

Yabbies 9-9:30am

Eckybow 10:30-11am

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Story Telling

Lamb 6:30-7pm Beef 7-7:30pm Eckybow 7:30-8pm

Local Fish 7:30-8pm

Willie Nelson Lovechild Tribute Show 7:15-8pm Christopher Coleman 8:15-9pm Mark Atkins 9:15-10pm

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Coffe House/Bar

Charcoal Drawing (Michael Nicholas) 9am-12pm

Herb Wharton 10-10:30am

Mrs Fisher 11-11:30am

On the Cunnamulla CBD Streets

Busking CompetitionCatch them performing around town between 9am-3pm

Intro Session1111:15am Bush Survival Skills 12-1pm

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Intro Session 1:301:45pm Poetry Workshop John Roberts 2-3pm

Cheryl Buchanan 3pm - 3.30pm

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Festival Timetable - Sat 8 9 10 11 12 1 2 3

Aboriginal Cultural Workshops

Learn to play the didgeridoo 9am - 10am

6 7 8

The Cooking Station

Yabbies 9-9:30am Eckybow 9:30-10am

Kangaroo 9:30-10am Lamb 10-10:30am

Didgeridoo Making 10am - 11am

Beef 10:30-11am Cheryl Buchanan Yarning 11-11:30am

Didgeridoo Making 11.30am - 12.30pm Learn to play the didgeridoo 12.30pm - 1.30pm

Intermediate Guitar 9am - 10am Intermediate Guitar 10-11am

Emu (TA) 11-11:30am

Open Singing 11am-12pm

Herbs & Spices (TA) 11:30am-12pm Johnny Cakes (TA) 12-12:30pm Local Fish (TA) 12:30-1pm

Advanced Guitar 12-1:30pm

Beef 2-2:30pm Yabbies (TA) 2:30-3pm

Mark Atkins 3-3:30pm

Eckybow 4-4:30pm Mark Atkins 4:30-5pm

Porcupine (TA) 3-3:30pm Gathering & Eating Grubs (TA) 3:30-4pm Quandongs 4-4:30pm Rabbit (TA) 4:30-5pm Pigeon 5-5:30pm

Didgeridoo Making 5pm - 6pm Eckybow 5:30-6pm

Local Honey 5:30-6pm Kangaroo (TA) 6-6:30pm

Learn to play the didgeridoo 6pm - 7pm

Main Sta

MC-Welcom 9-9:15pm

Guwamu Da 9:30-10:30am

Mark Atkins 11am-12pm

Reuben Birc 12:15-1pm

Kargun 1:15-2pm

Mussels (TA) 1:30-2pm Mark Atkins 2-2:30pm

Didgeridoo Making 3pm - 4pm

Music Workshops

Goat 1-1:30pm

Didgeridoo Making 1.30pm - 2.30pm

4 5

Story Telling

Ukulele Fun 2-3pm

Josephine B 2:30-3:30pm

Body & Sou 4-5pm

Semi Final Busking Competition 5:15-6:30pm

Lamb 6:30-7pm Beef 7-7:30pm

Didgeridoo Making 7pm - 8pm

Mark Atkins 7-8pm

Local Fish 7:30-8pm Eckybow 8:30-9pm

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The Angels 9:30-10:30pm

Christopher Coleman Collective 10:45-11:30p

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Opal Cave & Fossicking

Intro Session 9-9:15am

Charcoal Drawing (Michael Nicholas) 9am-12pm

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Coffe House/Bar

Cheryl Buchanan 3pm - 3.30pm

Laurie Baitman 4pm - 4.30pm

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Festival Timetable - S 8 9 10 11 12 1 2

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Make a didgeridoo with the locals 9am-12pm

Story Telling

The Cooking Station

Yabbies 9-9:30am Didgeridoo Playing Competition 9:30-11:30am

Kangaroo 9:30-10am Lamb 10-10:30am Beef 10:30-11am

Music Workshops

Guitar (advanced) 9am - 10am

Main

MC-We 9-9:15a

Grand Busker Compe 9-10:30

Emu (TA) 11-11:30am Herbs & Spices (TA) 11:30am-12pm

Closin Cerem 12-2pm

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Michael Nicholas 9-9.30am At Yumba* Herb Wharton 9:30-10:30am Cheryl Buchanan 10-10.30am

Opal Cave & Fossicking

Intro Session 9-9:15am

Coffe House/Bar

Open from 9am 12pm Michael Nicholas Charcoal Drawing 10am-12pm

John Roberts 10.30am - 11am

Dig for a Fossil

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“It is a pleasure to serve you” Eddie Mills was born on 9th of January in 1941. On his first day of school in 1946 his parents Estelle Page & Edward Albert Mills purchased a retailing business in Cunnamulla and named it E. Mills & Sons.

IGA Mills

completion of his schooling in late November 1957, aged sixteen Eddie returned to Cunnamulla and went to work full time in the store.

the challenges of serving the public. He has made it his life.

In fact he always gets annoyed when someone asks when he is going to retire. He is always It was always the wish of his shocked and says, why would mother Estelle to have all you retire when you love the family work together in what you do every day. From In those days the shop was the business. Within twelve the beginning and still today divided into two sections. months Eddie was invited the Misson Statement for E. One section was open during to buy into the partnership, Mills & Sons is “It is a pleasure the day and the other section which he did by signing the to serve you” and that has opened at night. In 1953 they partnership agreement on 1st always been Eddie’s attitude. purchased the freehold on November 1958.

In mid 1963, Eddie met Chris the property that consisted of a cafe�, storeroom, potato From that day Eddie had a Emery, they married in 1966 passion for the business and and had four children. Chris shed, house and garage. he has never thought of it has always and still does work In 1954, Eddie went off as work. There has never along side Eddie and all their to boarding school at been a day he hasn’t looked children grew up working in Toowoomba Grammar. On forward to going and facing the shop.

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& Sons 70th Birthday Today John and Stephanie are the third Mills generation to work in the E. Mills & Sons IGA business with Eddie and Chris.

Always looking to further grow the business and deliver better products, services and facilities to his customers many banners were traded under over the seventy years including Shop Rite, Dundees, 727, Foodtown and then eventually IGA. In approximately 1984 E. Mills and Sons was a good business but the building, fixtures and fittings were all old. The floors sloped different ways down every

isle and the storeroom was about the size of the current shop. Eddie always looked to the future and decided to build a new shop, upgrade the refrigeration, shelving, storage and checkouts.

accept the new trading terms and the customers he had done the most for abandoned him. As a result his business halved overnight.

Wool was the major industry for the area and wool prices Around the same time went from fleeting heights many things happened that to the lowest of lows. His challenged his ability to overdraft blew out of control manage the business over the and many bank managers next ten or so years; advised him to close the doors telling him he would never Trading terms with suppliers trade out of the difficulty he changed from 30 and 60 was in. days to 7 days and to cope During this time there are two with the change in cash flow things that Eddie said always Eddie tried to change all of his kept him going and they were Always being honest debtors from 30, 60 and 90 • days to cash or 7 days. Many with his bank manager Always having a plan customers did not want to • www.cullyfest.com

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Making the decision to join IGA was one of the successful plans and turning points for Eddie and E. Mills and Sons ultimate survival in what seemed to everyone else to be a lost battle.

saw IGA as the vehicle to turn things around.

He has always worked with the groups staff and stretched his finances to implement their suggestions, many of which he could not afford to do at the time.

IGA offered vision, structure and the support of people and systems that were committed, He traveled to all the meetings, proven and worked. From the expos and whatever was start and still today Eddie is recommended to him even committed to the group and though the meetings would 84 We’re on social media: #cullyfest

sometimes only go for a couple of hours and the travel was at least nine hours each way.

When Eddie goes to the city he spends half the time at the IGA meetings and the rest of the time going through new stores and supermarkets around the city so he can look at their ideas, stock, prices and fit outs.

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Eddie has huge respect for all the state and national IGA staff in all departments and in all areas of the business.

He always tells the family that no matter what level of the company they are always approachable and pleasant to do business with but most of all willing to help.

He is an inspiration to his family and is committed to his business, customers and peers. Eddie was formally recognized by IGA in 2006 and was inducted into the IGA Hall of Fame in front of hundreds of retailers, suppliers and IGA management & staff at a function on the Gold Coast recognizing his commitment to the IGA brand and ideals.

he started in November 1957.

E. Mills IGA continues to be a strong local employer despite increasingly challenging business conditions.

Eddie takes great pride that one of the first customers of seventy years ago still deals with the business today.

Eddie, Chris and family would like to invite you to help them Over his 60 years in E Mills celebrate the highs and lows & Sons Eddie has supported most if not all charities, Today Eddie remains focused at their 70th birthday Thursday schools, churches, hospitals on the business and providing 31 March 2016. and clubs along with many quality service and shopping individuals in the town. conditions with the same passion and drive as the day

You’'re Invited!

IGA E Mills & Sons 70th Birthday Party Thursday 31 March 2016 11:30am – 2:30pm • Birthday cake • Balloons & balloon artist • Face painters • Clown • Music/entertainer • (Lunch) Sandwiches, drinks, tea, coffee

Lucky Door Prizes 1st $200 groceries 2nd $100 in groceries 3rd $50 in groceries Conditions apply see in store for details

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PROUD SUPPORTER OF CULLY FEST 2016 Twice-weekly return flights between Cunnamulla and Brisbane.

WEDNESDAY

WEDNESDAY

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XTG

CMA

1250

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ZL5632

WTB

SGO

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0955

ZL5631

CMA

SGO

1350

1445

ZL5632

SGO

CMA

1015

1110

ZL5631

SGO

WTB

1505

1605

ZL5632

CMA

XTG

1130

1210

ZL5631

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ZL5632

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SGO

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1005

ZL5631

CMA

SGO

1400

1455

ZL5632

SGO

CMA

1025

1120

ZL5631

SGO

WTB

1515

1615

ZL5632

CMA

XTG

1140

1220

ZL5631

WTB

BNE

1635

1715

ZL5632

BNE = Brisbane

WTB = Brisbane West Wellcamp

SGO = St George

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CMA = Cunnamulla

XTG = Thargomindah

Cunnamulla Crossroads

n Find yourself in Cunnamulla, Eulo, Wyandra and the Opal town of Yowah n Experience the Artesian Time Tunnel which will take you back in time 100 million years n Visit the Cunnamulla Fella Centre, Art Gallery & Museum Heritage Exhibition n Explore natural and cultural heritage trails or book a guided tour n Enquire about unique camping experiences

For your FREE travel pack...

Cunnamulla Fella Centre, Jane St, Cunnamulla QLD 4490 Phone: (07) 4655 8470 Fax: (07) 4655 1120 Email: cunnamullainfo@paroo.qld.gov.au Web: www.paroo.info Paroo Shire - Experience the bigger things in life in our little western towns

Cully Fest Shop

The Cully Fest shop will offer a great range of merchandise for sale to festivalgoers. Whether you’re looking for a gift or a memento of your time at Cully Fest, we’re sure to have something you’ll love. All band merchandise will be sold through the Cully Fest shop as well as local arts & crafts and local produce, treats & food items. If you’re interested in getting a signing from one of our artists then this is the place to be. The session times of artist signings will be available at the festival.

The shop is located centrally and trading hours are 9am to 11pm. Don’t worry we also have EFTPOS facilities available in store, so you won’t need to withdraw cash beforehand.

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Relax, unwind and enjoy our warm outback hospitality. Luxurious rooms which radiate warmth and elegance, fine dining restaurant and a well stocked bar. www.clubboutiquehotel.com

Helping you celebrate!

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4GR is the longest-serving commercial radio station in Queensland. It has been part of the fabric of the Darling Downs and Granite Belt for longer than most of the residents, and still maintains its position as the ‘go-to’ station for local information.

Weekdays kick off with 4GR Big Breakfast from 5 to 9am. Hosts Lee & Lizzy wake the Darling Downs and Granite Belt with local news and information, interviews, local issues, engaging phone talkback topics and the greatest hits from the 70’s to now. The Big Breakfast is always fun, fast paced, slightly irreverent and involves listeners every day. However, when serious local issues arise, the Big Breakfast is always on the case.

From 9am, Australia’s #1 talkback host Ray Hadley takes over, followed at 11am by Focus On The Downs, a local talk/entertainment program hosted by Toowoomba local Graham Healy. From 1pm it’s an hour of national current affairs commentary from Australia’s #1 broadcaster, Alan Jones, followed by Toowoomba and The Downs’ greatest hits.

4GR is “Everything Darling Downs”.

Volunteer at Cully Fest We want you! The event will also be powered by an army of volunteers and locals committed to creating opportunities for future training, employment and industry development in our drought-stricken town. If you think you’ve got what it takes to help, we’d love to hear from you. www.cullyfest.com.au 07 4655 1679 | info@outthebackaustralia.com.au www.cullyfest.com

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