Festival NSW
To commemorate Henry Lawson, Grenfell hosts the annual Henry Lawson Festival June long weekend. Grenfell is situated in the Weddin Shire in central New South Wales, and is near Canberra, Dubbo, Bathurst and Wagga (approximately 2 hours from each town). Grenfell has maintained its character of historic buildings throughout the town. During the long weekend I sketched mainly children that enjoyed the festival and their cartoon portraits to take home.
Nimmitabel is one of the smaller country towns located near the snowy mountains and not far from Bega. This was another beautiful sunny show day for Nimmitabel. There were many events on offer such as sheep judging, cattle as well as horse, show girl judging, country singer, sheep shearing, wood chopping Motor club display of heritage vehicles and much more. Children, farmers and the locals enjoyed their cartoon portraits to take home.
What a day the sun was shining before the cold snap. There were local artists such as myself and the many Oyster stalls offering their varieties of local oysters, community singing events as well as people having their cartoon portraits to take home. This event attracted visitors not only from regional towns but also from Canberra and Sydney.
