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AN estimated 1800 alpine residents flocked to the Bright Spring Carnival last Saturday evening to enjoy the rides, food and entertainment on offer at Pioneer Park. Katrina and Trent Toye’s two children had been on the dodgems and were on the jumping castle when they spoke to the Myrtleford Time/Alpine Observer. “Hopefully they’re just going to exhaust themselves, then we’ll get some food and have a look at some more entertainment,” Ms Toye said. “It’s been a really good afternoon.” By 5:30pm long lines had formed for the food stalls, including samosas and spring rolls, and all hands were on deck at the Bright Lions tent selling fairy floss, sausages in bread and snow cones. Nearby, Sustainable Upper Ovens had a stall featuring three electric vehicles (EVs), in an effort to engage passers-by on the benefit of EVs and dispel concerns about the vehicles, such as insufficient battery capacity for long-distance travel. Members of the Alpine Shinkyokushin Karate Dojo
TERRIFIC TUBISTS: Bright locals Jason Campbell and Michael O’Sullivan were playing in the Wodonga Brass Band at the Bright Spring Carnival on Saturday. PHOTO: Brodie Everist in Porepunkah were getting ready for a demonstration at around 5:45pm, to consist of some training moves, sparring and even breaking some objects. Sensei Geoff Miller said the carnival was going well and commended the organisers for committing
to the event instead of calling it off due to the risk of rain. “I think they’ve done a sensational job,” he said. Amanda Hore, president of the Bright Spring Festival committee, estimated 1800 visited the carnival last Saturday, on par with the
last spring carnival with fireworks in 2018. “Given the wet weather conditions and the floods going on in Victoria, we were very pleased with that number,” she said. “We want to thank everyone in the community for supporting our festival
and also a big thank you to our sponsors as well. “Without them, the festival wouldn’t have been possible.” According to Ms Hore, a sudden downpour caused many to seek shelter under the marquee, and some went home to change
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before coming back for the fireworks, which illuminated the night sky at 9pm, to the awe of onlookers. “We had a new company this year, and everyone said that they were probably the best fireworks they’d seen in a while,” Ms Hore said. ■ More photos page 13
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