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Charlie Parmain is a wool classer by day and local historian and story teller by night. While only relatively new to Gundaroo, by about 40-years, Charlie knows quite a lot about the town’s rich history, and colourful characters. While he might quietly disagree, Charlie just happens to be one of those, ‘colourful characters’.

“People who live in Gundaroo have one common denominator. They’ve all got the same screw loose,” a quote taken from The Prickle Farm, by Mike Hayes and used by Charlie Parmain to sum-up some of Gundaroo’s characters.

Ron Miller may not be a household name, but in Gundaroo, he is ‘the voice’ of the
Telstra Gundaroo Bush Festival, Sunday 9 November 10am – 4 pm.

Seasoned Master of Ceremonies, Ron Miller, explains in this Audio News Release (ANR) a little bit of the history of the festival and how it has changed over recent years. Ron Miller says that one key thing hasn’t changed, and that’s the enthusiasm of the town’s people to work hard at making their town great for the future.

What originally started off as a cane chair, mixed with the butchered parts of a golf cart and bolted to some old wood – has been fitted with a roll-cage, muffler and ‘state-of-the-art’ hand brake. Everything a budding young Mark Webber would want in their formula one billycart.

Local artists have inundated organisers of the Gundaroo Bush Festival Telstra Art Show with a dynamic range of quality artworks.

Local artist John Forrester-Clack says, “There is a fantastic diversity of work in the festival exhibition from committed professionals, young creative artists, dedicated amateurs and people who paint for the joy of it.”

The art show is open for public viewing on Sunday 9 November, 10 am – 4 pm.

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