THERE was no shortage of events in the Wimmera over the weekend with orchids in Horsham, open gardens at Laharum, a festival at Murtoa, a concert at Brim and the Goroke Show.
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Organisers at Goroke and Murtoa were happy with their respective crowds, which turned out despite wet weather at times and competition from the AFL grand final.
Murtoa’s Big Weekend committee member chair David Grigg said organisers and the individual venues were very happy with attendance over the multi-day festival.
”Taking all things into consideration, it was very successful,” he said.
Mr Grigg said the event was too open to record exact crowd numbers but it was estiomated to have brought it good crowds.
“At the opening of the Stick Shed on Friday there were more than 200 people and I think we can say that about 800 people attended the weekend, with some on multiple days.
“I’ve spoken to all the venues and their happy with how many people turned up.”
Over at Goroke, A&P Society secretary Rebecca Sluggett said a pair of gumboots were the order of the day as prior wet weather had softened the grounds.
“Considering the weather, we were a bit worried on Friday night but looking around the grounds they were quite full.
“Everyone looked to be having a good time but the horse competition had to be delayed; for the main show, I think we had a better turnout than last year.
“The tiny tots and showgirls were all in gumboots. There were grins on faces and some very interesting types of gumboots around.”
Rock out for RARE Brim organiser Emma Hayes said about 700 to 800 people attended the event and concert despite changes due to wet weather.
“We had to move the event from the oval to the sports centre, which obviously has less space,” she said.
“It was really good, Adam Brand brought the house down and everyone was getting into it.
“We had people watching from outside. It didn’t rain all night buy there were definitely showers.”
The rain wasn’t enough to stop the concert’s fireworks.
The free event was run to raise awareness of the Rural and Remote Engagement program and the concept of being connected to friends and the wider community.
“We do need more funding for the RARE program and we try to advocate for that as much as we can,” Ms Hayes said.