Afrer a morning of laundry and resupply at the local.IGA we went to find a campsite at the Nariel Creek Reserve. The reserve is home to a small folk festival that has been going since the 60s.
The Nariel Folk Festival began in the 1960s when a few friends from Melbourne made their way here to camp along the creek and play music. Over 60 years later and it’s still going strong.
The day we arrived musicians from camp and beyond signed up to play 15 minute sets throughout the day. After dinner there was a family dance in the green under lights.
The best part of the evening came after. Wandering through camp we stumbled on a group camp thet had a dance area laid out with small holiday lights. There were a handful of musicians playing Irish folk music and dancers out on the floor dancing Irish step. We joined in for a dance (instructions provided) and had fun.
The next day we drove up to Burrowa Pine Mountain National Park. We wanted to inspect a couple campsite we might possibly use in the future. We visited a waterfall that was now a trickle due to hot day weather (90 that day).
it was too hot to do much walking, so we opted to return to camp.and spend the heat of the day in the creek with many other festival goers.
Ar 8 we rolled.into Coryong, heart of “the man from snowy river” country to the final dance of the festival. The band had many accordion and there were a few polkas. We learned many new dances, some of which were unique to the Nariel Valley. It was a wonderful night.
Today we awoke to the ravket od cockatoos and Kukaburras. We head back up into Kosciusko National Park for a couple nights before heading back to the coast.
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