It seems like every year the Mudgee region’s social calendar continues to get more dense.
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Last weekend saw not only the round 11 match between the St George Illawarra Dragons and the Canberra Raiders at Glen Willow but Mudgee also played host to some of Australia’s best trainers and jockeys at the Gooree Cup.
If you’re not into sports, you weren’t left out. The popular Farmer’s Markets were on again in the grounds of the Catholic church.
If you had kids, fire stations around New South Wales opened their doors for visitors and put on loads of activities to be a part of.
Oh, you’re still not into any of those? What about the Rylstone swap meet? A haven for both bargain hunters and hobbyists.
Still not satisfied? What about the ‘Inspired’ exhibition on at Artisan on Lewis, featuring the work of local artist Felicity Cavanough?
Or how about any of the numerous live music events in Mudgee’s many pubs and restaurants?
I think you get the point.
Sometimes people bellyache that they’re starved of options when it comes to the region, but this weekend truly showed that Mudgee can compete with any other town or city in Australia when it comes to entertainment.
It’s also worth noting how well organised and behaved the crowds at Glen Willow were.
Mid-Western Regional Council said in March that it deserved to fix its mistakes.
The crowd attendance figure was just 171 fewer spectators than the record set at the Charity Shield yet the massive lines and backed up traffic of that event were almost completely absent this time.
What’s even more impressive is this all occurred with the Glen Willow bridge being closed to pedestrians.
When Council announced its closure ahead of the weekend, many scoffed at the idea, citing the issues that people had getting home with two bridges open and predicted disaster with now only one.
That never happened.
If Mudgee continues to host major events and welcomes greater numbers of tourists and visitors to the region, it’s in good hands.
While attending these events at the weekend, the one thing I kept hearing from staff and organisers that travelled great distances to be here was how beautiful they all thought Mudgee was and how lucky we are to live somewhere like this.
