PAST EVENT
Sunday 1st of May 2011 - Monthly Cruise
Moondyne Festival
The MX-5 Club cruise on the 1st Sunday of each month.
We meet at Burswood (click here to view a map) at 9AM for a 9:30 AM start.
This month Helen & Richard Martin-Beck are taking us to the Moondyne Festival to celebrate the life of Moondyne Joe, Western Australia’s only bushranger, whose main claim to fame was his ability to escape prison, despite a special reinforced cell having been constructed to keep him in.
The festival is a wonderful display of life in another time with many locals and stall holders dressing in period costume. The spectacular 1860 Regiment with their authentic uniforms and old rifles demonstrate how battles were fought 150 years ago.
Joe and his various escapades are brought back to life through street theatre; Joe and his gang run riot throughout the town of Toodyay holding up anyone they think might have money, or cozying up with the floozies that seem to follow him everywhere. Joe must do battle with those pesky temperance ladies and evade the local constabulary who are intent on catching him and locking him up. Joe is caught and put on trial but yet again, escapes to create even more chaos.
The swaggies come into town and cook damper and kangaroo stew over a log fire for those who are hungry while the blade shearer shows how it was done in earlier times.
There are vintage cars, bush poets, the moustache and cleavage competitions, face painting, spinning and weaving, glass blowing and a great variety of stalls with delightful wares to tempt you into buying, art exhibition, boot scooting, woodturning, and much more.
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- 27/04Saturday Cruise - Sunset at the Beach
- 05/05Monthly Cruise - The Rec Hotel, Waroona
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- 22/05Midweek Lunchtime Cruise - Stringybark Winery
- 23/05Monthly Committee Meeting
- 02/06Monthly Cruise - Julimar Jaunt
- 20/06Midweek Lunchtime Cruise - Naked Apple, Roleystone
- 27/06Monthly Committee Meeting
- 20/07Saturday Cruise - Cherith Grove Cafe
- 25/07Monthly Committee Meeting
- 04/08Monthly Cruise - 3 Towns & a Tavern
- 17/08Saturday Cruise - Spencers Brook Tavern
- 22/08Committee Meeting & AGM
- 27/08After Work Get Together - Parmagaddon @ The Lookout
- 01/09Monthly Cruise - Journey to Jarrahdale
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