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Man From Snowy River legend lives on as High Country celebrates tumultuous year
What started as an idea to attract tourists to Victoria’s High Country has turned into a passion to preserve Australia’s bush heritage.
Key points:
- Victoria’s High Country community celebrates 25 years of keeping bush heritage alive
- Corryong welcomes the crowds as it continues to recover from bushfires in 2019-20
- Whip-cracking is shaping up to become an increasingly popular sport
This weekend’s Man From Snowy River Bush Festival at Corryong had crowds capped at 5,000, but in its 25 years it has expanded from a one-race event that took competitors up and back a mountain to the current five-day format.
Festival board member Peter Hunt said a total of seven events now showcased the horsemanship of stockmen and women.
The festival had become not…
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