Stalls on offer for Cumnock Community Family Fun Day
Moving this year to a bigger venue, the Cumnock Community Family Fun Day still has some stall sites available for their upcoming event.
The festival is an annual celebration for this tight-knit farming community located midway between Dubbo and Orange, with funds raised this year to help improve the facilities and infrastructure of the local football oval.
Featuring Cobb & Co Coach rides, a “mechanical bull”, face painting, jumping castles, plaster-cast painting, “mermaid braiding”, live entertainment, and a “my pet vet” stall, organiser Cassandra Roberts says that there are still a few spots on offer.
“The last two years it’s been at Cumnock Bowling Club, but this year we will be at the Memorial Park, so it’s a good place for more stalls. We’ve got 40 already, and we’re hoping for 50 if we could,” Cassandra said.
“We’re looking for garden art, antiques, flowers, pot plants, succulents, local produce, and resin art... but not honey. We also already have plenty of food stalls, as well as herbs, artworks, cured meats, animal and pet products, jewellery and fashion,” she added.
Stall fees are a giveaway at only $25 for a 3x3-metre space, with the only other requirement being proof of $20 million liability insurance.
“Entry (for the general public) is only a donation at the gate, and we’ve got Cumnock Village Pre-School, the fire brigade, the Men’s Shed and the ladies from the Anglican Church selling baked goods.
“We also have a high-quality raffle that helps us raise money – and who doesn't want to win an iPad?” Cassie asked.
The event is also a way to draw people to this iconic Aussie village so often bypassed by busy travellers taking the major highways between regional centres.
“Our aim is to put Cumnock on the map. We believe that our town is great, and we want to encourage more people to take the scenic route from Dubbo to Orange,” Cassie said.
“(We’d love more people to) stop in our little community and enjoy what we have to offer.”
The forecast, she adds, is looking good for a wonderful spring day in this friendly community that she travelled all the way form the other side of the world to make home.
“In the past two years we had maybe 600-800 people at the event, and it would be lovely to get 1000 to this year’s Fun Day,” Cassie enthused.
“I’m originally from Canada, but what can I say? I fell in love, started a family, and the rest is history.”
The Cumnock Community Family Fun Day is on Saturday, October 19, from 10am to 3pm. For stall or other information, call 0481 140 458.