The seasons in Celtic Country - Glen Innes and surrounding district, in the heart of rural Australia - are distinctive and there's no better time to visit than in our breathtaking spring.

There's an added reason: the Land of the Beardies Festival, is a special time for families, when we celebrate our rich, local history. It's a festival that has grown in stature and is building into a mini country music event with free performances by Amber Lawrence, our main attraction, and Victoria Baillee in the 2008 festival.

Only 2-4 hours from the coast or 4 hours South of Brisbane, the Land of the Beardies Festival in Glen Innes will provide you with a fun-packed program to suit families and all interests. Best of all most activities are FREE!

Highlights:

• FREE Fireworks Display
• Beard-growing competition – prizes to be won
• Market stalls and amusement rides -
  download Stall Application (.pdf file 36 Kb)
  
download Stall Conditions (.pdf file 30 Kb)
download Stall Risk Management(.pdf file 32 Kb)
• Ulysses Club Bike Show & Dinner -
  download program and registration form (.pdf file 93 Kb).
  Visit The Celtic Cruisers Web site
• Ford vs Holden Car Show
• Dog Show - Showcasing the purebred dog. A dog show with a Celtic theme. Download details (.pdf file 79 Kb)

Parade and float forms:

Download Float Application Form (.pdf file 33 Kb)
Download Parade Conditions (.pdf file 55 Kb)
Download Declaration Form (.pdf file 67 Kb)

Other forms:

Download Glen Gallop Application Form (.pdf file 55 Kb)
Download Talent Quest Application Form (.pdf file 14 Kb)

Celtic Country’s Attractions

The festival is your chance to enjoy a fun-packed program and to experience Celtic Country's unique attractions:

The Australian Standing Stones, unique in the southern hemisphere and national monument to Australia's Celtic pioneers, World Heritage national parks, Land of the Beardies History House, one of Australia's finest folk museums, tranquil rural villages of Deepwater and Emmaville, fossicking, fishing…

It's an opportunity, too, to sample our great food - a district noted for its prime beef and lamb - and New England distinctive wines.

Why Beardies?

It celebrates our very beginnings, taking the name from two stockmen with long, flowing beards, William Chandler and John Duval, who guided the first settlers, largely Scots, here 166 years ago.

Contact the Land of the Beardies Festival:

Neville Campbell :Telephone: (02) 6732 2663
email: nevillejcamp@yahoo.com.au

or
E-mail us

You can also telephone the Glen Innes Visitor Information Centre on (02) 6730 2400
Fax: (02) 6732 6090

If you did not arrive at this site from the Glen Innes Visitor Information Centre site, please visit there to discover all that Glen Innes and district has to offer.