Easter fun for all!

Cash prizes are up for grabs in this year’s wool bale rolling near the Bourke Wharf. Photo TWH

Story: Kristin Murdock and Ian Cole

Easter is shaping up as one of the biggest weekends in the Outback, with Bourke, Brewarrina, and Lightning Ridge all offering their own celebrations and activities, from full-scale festivals to footy matches, racing and quieter riverbank gatherings.

In Bourke, preparations are complete for the Back O’Bourke Easter Festival, kicking off on Good Friday (tomorrow), with Bourke Shire Council Economic Development Manager Mel Milgate keen to make one thing clear.

“We are definitely celebrating Easter at the Back O’Bourke this year, it is going to go off big time,” she said. […]

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