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Rows of trees in bloom in Turf
Street.
Photo: John
Warrell
Jacaranda Avenue in Pound Street.
Photo: Clarence
River Tourism |
The world-renowned Jacaranda Festival is held yearly in Grafton,
Northern Rivers New South Wales, from the last weekend in
October to the first weekend in November.
In 2011 the festival officially
starts with the Jacaranda Ball on
Friday, October 21st and concludes on
Sunday, 6th November.
Inaugurated in 1934, this was the
first of Australia's folk festivals and is based upon the
magnificent spectacle of the hundreds of lilac-blossomed trees
which grow in Grafton's broad tree lined avenues.
It expresses the people's
thanksgiving for the generosity with which nature blesses this
part of the globe.
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The official programs for the Jacaranda Festival and
for the Queen Crowning Ceremony will be available in
the Tuesday, 25th October edition of The Daily
Examiner.
2011 Official Jacaranda Festival Program
download
here.
2011 Official Queen Crowning Program download
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Jaca Souvenirs on Sale
The official 2011 Jacaranda Festival Souvenir shop and
information centre will be located in Prince Street,
adjacent to the Saraton Cinema.
Free Jacaranda Festival programs are out now and will be
available at the Jaca shop throughout the week along with a
wide range of Jacaranda souvenirs and memorabilia.
The Jaca Souvenir shop will be open during business hours
from Saturday 29 October through to Saturday 5 November.
For more information call Helen Templeton on 6642 3989.
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2010 Jacaranda Queen - Kirrily
Tough
Check
here for the 2010 Queen Crowning gallery where Kirrily
was crowned Queen for 2010. |
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2010 Jacaranda Highlights
Check out all the photo highlights from the 2010 Jacaranda
Festival in our
Photo Gallery page. |
Westlawn Finance, 2009 winners of
the Festive Shop competition, entertain with some
saucy fun and frivolity on Jacaranda Thursday Photo:
The Daily Examiner
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