Why not enjoy a restful time in Trundle while attending the Elvis Festival. Parkes is an interesting country drive away (62 km eastish if Trundle).
http://www.parkeselvisfestival.com.au/
On the second week in January every year, the town of Parkes in Central New South Wales comes alive to the sounds of hip-swiveliling Elvis Impersonators. The five day Festival Program has a dazzling array events.
A Country Town Rescue Trundle will receive Australia wide attention when the six part factual series Country Town Rescue screens from Tuesday, March 27 at 8pm on ABC 1. Country Town Rescue, produced by Za-pruder's Other Films, is an observational documentary series filmed over a year in Trundle. It's the compelling story of how ordinary Australians come together to save a small rural town whose falling population threatens its very existence, To save the town from dying a small group of dedicated locals get together and try to boost the town's population by enticing newcomers to the area by offering up abandoned farmhouses for just $1 a week, Over 400 families applied for only five available farmhouses. |
