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Welcome to the January 2012 Manning River Summer Festival.
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Every January the people of the Manning Valley and our visitors have come together to celebrate and enjoy the beautiful Manning River and the wonderful area in which we live. It is therefore appropriate that we have adopted the theme “Summer Celebration”.
The Manning River is a magnificent river on which you can enjoy a host of activities including boating, fishing, sailing, power boating, rowing, canoeing and skiing. Many of these activities are again featured in the program for this year’s Manning River Summer Festival.
This booklet contains details of all the events that will be held as part of the festival. Please take your time to check out the many events that you can enjoy during January.
The festival commences with the New Years Eve fireworks on the river bank at Taree. This year you will be entertained by the local artists from 6:00 pm. Spectacular fireworks will commence from floating pontoons on the river at 9:00pm.
The tagged fish competition will be held over the month in the Harrington / Manning Point area. This is your chance to enjoy fishing and at the same time win valuable prizes should you catch one of this year’s 25 tagged fish worth a total of $9,000.
This year we are pleased to see the second year of the Manning River Summer Festival – Rural Home Loans Tri-Event Challenge. Participants in the four specified events accumulate points towards the $1000 “Winner takes all“ prize. The participating events are: Head2Head Ocean Swim to be held on 2 January (co-ordinated by Blackhead Surf Club); Twilight Fun Run to be held on 4 January (co-ordinated by Taree Athletics Club), Criterium Cycle Racing to be held on 6 January (co-ordinated by Manning Valley Cycle Club); and Short Course Triathlon to be held on 8 January (co-ordinated by Forster Tri Club).
We are pleased to again present Movies Around the Manning to three outdoor venues – Wingham, Old Bar, and Harrington. We present recently released family oriented movies on a huge 5 metre screen. Bring a chair or rug and enjoy. Wet weather alternate venues have been organised in local halss.
The Summer Festival Talent Quest organised by Club Taree provides participants with the opportunity to showcase their talent and a chance to win some of the $2,500 prize money on offer. Please come and support our wonderful local talent.
You are invited to the Australia Day Celebrations on 26th January 2012 throughout the Manning Valley. Taree’s ceremony will be held in Fotheringham Park starting at 7:30am with a free breakfast on 26 January 2012 in Fotheringham Park, Taree. There will be entertainment followed by the Australia Day Guest Speaker, Young Citizen of the Year, Australia Day Sports Person of the Year and Naturalisation Ceremony. This year’s ceremony will be followed by the Freshwater-Saltwater Festival.
The Manning River Summer Festival continues to be organised by a small but dedicated committee appointed by Greater Taree City Council. We wish to acknowledge the assistance provided by Council, the councillors and officers.
The festival continues to grow year after year and we are very pleased to present over 50 events as part of this year’s festival. We are appreciative of the support from a large number of community based groups that participate in the festival by organising and conducting various events. We greatly appreciate their efforts which enables a wide variety of events and activities to appeal to everyone.
We are also fortunate to have a number of businesses that financially support the festival. Please support the businesses that support the Summer Festival.
Please join us and Participate … Celebrate … Enjoy the beautiful Manning Valley.
Manning River Summer Festival Steering Committee
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Thank you to the following businesses & organisations for their support
Rural Home Loans, Exchange Hotel, Royal Hotel (Taree), Airport Hotel-Motel and Best Western Taree Motor Inn.
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