MILLICENT residents celebrated a fun filled weekend with one of the town’s major festivals taking place.
With plenty of arts and crafts, delicious food and fun activities Millicent was the place to be.
The 16th annual Geltwood Festival was reduced to five days this year, with a more intense and action-packed program on offer.
Geltwood spun Millicent into a celebration of art and culture with a number of new and traditional events catering to the young and old.
The festival was launched at the Millicent Gallery on Friday night with around 100 people in attendance.
Wattle Range Mayor Peter Gandolfi officially opened the festivities and praised the hard and ongoing work of the volunteers.
“One of the things we do not see is the fact that we have around 2500 people come through the visitor information centre, so it’s part of the social fabric of our community as well as providing an economic boost,” he said.
“I think all those volunteers that are involved and have been for many years, it’s a big thank you for continuing to make the Geltwood Festival happen, real credit to you all.
“It’s fantastic to have these wonderful volunteers that do such a great job in our community and I think it underpins what makes the town and community.”
In conjunction with the opening the work of major textile exhibitors, Collage To Stitch and Australia Wide 5, was on display.
The Millicent community came to life on Sunday in celebration of the 2018 Lions Family Fun and Market Day.
Forecasted wet weather did not deter people, with hundreds of locals and tourists ventured into town to check out what was on offer.
Centered around George Street the day featured about 31 stalls which sold local produce, homemade goods, tasty treats and arts and crafts.
Millicent retailers also opened their doors from 10am to cater for the busy crowd.
Attendees of all ages were entertained by live music, a circus performance, billy cart rides and a toilet roll throwing competition.
As part of the day’s celebration the mural was also declared officially opened by Mayor Peter Gandolfi.
During the festival, local shop windows have been turned into a sea of colour with over 250 quilts on display in George, Glen and Davenport streets, as well as the Millicent Visitor Information Centre.
Those displayed at the visitor information centre were donated to “Quilts for a Cause” with local crafts people nominating ovarian cancer as the recipient charity for this year.
The quilts will be donated to the cause to raffle or to give to patients.
Celebrations wrap up tonight with a movie night at the Millicent Civic and Arts Centre.
