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Rows of trees in bloom in Turf
Street
Jacaranda Avenue in Pound Street |
Studio One dancers entertain the
crowd at the Jacaranda Queen Crowning.
Photo: Daily Examiner
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 2010 the festival officially
starts on Saturday, October 30th and concludes on
Sunday, 7th 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
2010 Jacaranda Festival Preliminary
Guide is available to
download. This is an excellent guide for what will be
happening during the festival in 2010. This guide is subject
to change, however. |
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2010 Jacaranda Queen Candidate
Profiles are now online. Check out the four contenders for
this year's title of Jacaranda Queen
here. |
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Who will be the 2010 Jacaranda Festival
Guest of Honour?
Who will be the
2010 Matron of Honour? |
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2009
Jacaranda Festival Queen
- Mackenzie Harvison.
Check out all the photo highlights of the 2009 Jacaranda
Queen Crowning in our
Gallery page. |
Fun and frivolity on display as the
local businesses put on a show on Jacaranda Thursday Photo:
Daily Examiner
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