Town &
CountryJournal 3rd November 2022
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Crowds party on at Ariat Warwick Rodeo
Local MP James Lister Halloween heats up as presents very special lunch an Australian ‘tradition’ for Australian War Widows
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TOM COMES UP TRUMPS Gerard Walsh sports@thedailyjournal.ink
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fter starting in the sport of rodeo at the age of six, Thomas Whitwell has won the steer wrestling at the Warwick Rodeo in his 20s. He and sister Cheyenne have starred in both junior and open competition in the Australian Professional Rodeo Association and the National Rodeo Association down the years. Thomas has won an all
around title in the National Rodeo Association but not in the APRA. He works as a tree lopper in the Lockyer Valley during the week and is off to the nearest rodeo on weekends. In an event where every successful rider hits the dirt, Thomas said the Warwick and Mt Isa rodeo surfaces were the best in the business. Before his win on Sunday, his previous best was a second in team roping at Warwick. ...Photos on page 11
Warwick rider Kylie Hancock in in breakaway roping. She won the first round but missed her beast in the final.
Bareback action at the most famous rodeo in Australia at the Warwick Showgrounds.
Parading the town Leonie Fuge leonie@smallnewspaper.com. au
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he results are in and the John Dee Warwick Rodeo Street Parade has proven yet again to be a community winner. Whether it was yearly regulars, visitors from out of town or from out of state the consensus from attendees was clear, this year’s parade was wonderful and the crowds loved it. Kids gave a big thumbs up to the loud honking trucks, trotting horses and larger than life characters (who sprayed them with water or
gave high fives), whilst adults commented on the effort schools and businesses had put into their floats. One local who had been coming for 47 years said he enjoyed the Cruze Inn Car Club vintage and classic cars. A younger couple commented on the variety of entrants in the parade and said how good it was for Warwick to have something like this. Though the floats, bands and other entrants didn’t parade up to Percy Street as have done in previous years, lower Palmerin Street was lined with smiling faces enjoying what only Warwick can deliver. Councillor Marco Gliori,
with his warm voice and big making a town crier declaracommunity heart, was MC tion poem with his changing for the street parade. Cr bell. Gliori told the Daily Journal ...Photos on page 6 that the parade was “fantastic” and he was “impressed by the number of young people on floats and promoting organisations.” “It is so good to see the kids and the teenagers involved in a community event like this,” said Cr Gliiori. Many of Warwick’s familiar town characters surfaced for the parade, including the (in)famous cleaning ladies, big-waistE warwick@rfsteelbuildings.com.au ed clowns and it wouldn’t be a Southern Downs event without Town Crier, Bob Townsend,
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