Town missing the beat
I could not believe that the main town (which benefits) and the council had failed to support the country music festival held [on the Tomaree Peninsula] over the long weekend.
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I was told it was due to lack of funding. I think there must have been more underlying issues to it than that.
I also understand that country music is not for everyone and some even hate it but we need to look at what this event means to our local tourism and what this passes onto all our businesses and community.
Cafés full, food outlets busy and local accommodation almost at capacity.
Money into our community in winter means jobs.
Sure, it is only a weekend but some people stay for the week.
Whale watching gets more business as well, mostly from country folk that can get some quality time away from their farms.
If it was not for the clubs and venues that bothered to entertain the people that travelled from all over our state and many interstate, they would have been left with very little, if any, entertainment.
Clubs such as Wests, Soldiers Point Bowling Club, Nelson Bay Bowling Club and a few other venues have kept the country theme alive.
The music festival attracts many people to our fantastic coastal region.
To think that what I saw over the long weekend was lots of visitors expecting the town to be alive with buskers, street performances and entertainment, was such a shame.
Nelson Bay’s business chamber needs to be careful not to let this event fall or fail any further back.
You have grown it to an event that is well known in the country music calendar as an event well worth supporting. Other coastal towns could easily pick the ball up and Port Stephens will miss out.
Wayne Parkinson, Raymond Terrace
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