Miles, Queensland, Australia

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We welcome you to the festival and the Miles District. Putting together this revamped Back to the Bush Festival has been a labour of love for our committee of volunteers and our community. We are excited to host you for a Back to the Bush experience like no other and we wish you a wonderful and memorable festival! COME HELP US Rachel Kerwick CELEBRATE! Festival President Come out to Miles, in Queensland’s Western Downs Region, from 6-9 September 2018 for a festival where a love of vintage and a love of country collide! Come help us celebrate all that we value about living in the bush. This year’s festival spans four days with an eclectic mix of MESSAGE FROM MAYOR authentic and interactive bush experiences. This program is packed full opportunities for you to explore our district and PAUL MCVEIGH experience vastly different aspects of life in the bush from 4WD, fishing and farm tours, to galleries, gala balls and trivia nights. Step back in time to the Miles Historical Village and Museum, or I would like to extend a warm country welcome to everyone who step into the homes and backyards of our local residents to view has joined us for the exciting 2018 Miles Back to the Bush Festival their unique collections of vintage and often quirky memorabilia. on our Western Downs. Beginning with a traditional country street parade, the festivities Our region is home to many fantastic events each showcasing build to a crescendo on Saturday afternoon and evening for the our beautiful area and this festival is no exception illustrating all Main Event in the Festival Precinct at the showgrounds. that our country lifestyle has to offer. At the Main Event, you will have opportunities to experience I’d like to thank and congratulate the entire Back to the Bush team country style celebrations as both spectators and participants and all involved in pulling together this year’s fantastic program. through beard appreciation and a tough bugger challenge, to Whether it’s food and music or adventure you love, there is tractor pulls, dog high jumps and sheep shearing, or you may something for everyone at our Miles festival this year from tractor even learn a thing or too about camp cooking or the existence of pulls and bush obstacle races to farm tours and live music. life in this district long before we arrived. And all the action is not just on the ground, look up throughout the afternoon as vintage With so many wonderful tourist attractions including the planes fly over the Festival Precinct and a crop duster comes in Bunya Mountains, the Dingo Fence at Jandowae close over the arena for a lolly drop for the kids. In the evening and Jimbour House I encourage you to stay a a fantastic array of country music performers entices the young while and visit these special places while you and young at heart to sing and dance the night away. Sunday are in the region. brings its own sense of excitement as the Miles Historical Village Our vibrant communities have a lot to offer celebrate their anniversary, and the Miles Airport offers visitors and enjoy and we’re excited to share them an opportunity to take a closer look at the vintage aircraft and with you. have a chat to their pilots. Cr Paul McVeigh The details of each of these events and more are included in Western Downs Regional this program. More information is available at our website or Council Mayor follow us on Facebook and Instagram for a continuous flow of snapshots and videos of what you can expect when you come Back to the Bush this September.

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PROGRAM PROGRAM PRE-FESTIVAL EVENTS THURSDAY 6 SEPT

Make the most of your journey back to the bush by arriving a OFFICIAL FESTIVAL little earlier for these Pre-Festival Events. OPENING DRILLHAM SPRING DANCE 5.30pm @ Dogwood Crossing, 81 Murilla St, Miles – FREE 7.30pm Saturday 1st Sept @ Drillham Hall – Tickets at the door Grab a glass of wine and let’s officially Enjoy old-time dances such as the Gypsy Tap and Pride of Erin. kick off the festival in the most stunning There are dances for the kids too, and supper and novelty prizes location – our iconic Dogwood Crossing – what a great way to step back in time! Drillham Hall is 20km building! It’s also an opportunity to admire west of Miles via Warrego Highway. the ‘Looking Forward, Looking Back’ Art Exhibition in the gallery. LADIES HIGH TEA WITH CELEBRITY GUEST ANNA DANIELS LANTERN WALK TO VILLAGE 6.30pm, Dogwood Crossing to Miles Historical Village. 10.30am Tuesday 4th Sept @ Leichhardt Hall, Miles $30 at backtothebushfestival.com.au or at the door Join the lantern walk, strolling by the light of vintage style lanterns to the tunes of bush balladeers, to the dinner event at You’ve seen talented author and TV the Miles Historical Village. Bring your own lantern, or purchase personality Anna Daniels on The Project one on the day. *Alternative: Horse & Carriage Ride operating and now hear her guest speaking at our along the same route for a fee. ‘Inspirational Women’ Ladies High Tea. Join us for a touch of high style as we come together to celebrate some of the Miles District families who have literally DINNER UNDER THE STARS & RADIO PLAY generations of inspirational women! @ MILES HISTORICAL VILLAGE Complimentary champagne on arrival. 7pm – $30 Adult, $20 child (school age), $10 child (under 5yrs) Tickets at backtothebushfestival.com.au. Limited at the door. MLA BEEF UP FORUM What a grand place to be after dark… the streets of The Village! 9am – 6pm @ Leichhardt Hall, Miles Join us for a country cooked meal and a vintage radio style $20 per person RSVP Barbara Bishop 0408 999 009 drama. The Miles Regional Arts Council present Carolyn Stuart’s play “Duffers”: A self-pitying young urban couple struggling to MLA’s Beef Up Forums are designed to help beef producers make ends meet in a fit of desperation decide to grab the cow maximise production through their enterprises. Hear about the by its bell and embark upon an ill-conceived and largely loony latest in Miles and stay on for some festival fun! episode of grand theft bovine. Bar open. Festival shuttle bus and horse and carriage ride transfers operating. GARDENS TOUR & DULACCA HOTEL LUNCH PRIVATE COLLECTION: NIGHT VIEWING 9am – 4pm, departs Leichhardt Centre, 29 Dawson St, Miles The Residents of Wallen St, Miles – FREE $63 per person. Bookings: Palmers Coaches ph 07 4627 1294 The residents of Wallen street will light up their gardens to give Join the Murilla Garden Club for morning tea in one of three the whole Christmas Wonderland experience – in September!?! country gardens and lunch at the ‘pink pub on the hill’. (A night-time preview to part of Friday’s Private Collections Self-Guided Tour)

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PROGRAM PROGRAM FRIDAY 7 SEPT SATURDAY 8 SEPT AM

PRIVATE COLLECTIONS MILES PARKRUN SELF-GUIDED TOUR 7am @ Moraby Park, Warrego Hway, Miles 9am – 4pm, Various locations in Miles Run (or walk) the 5km route - much of it shaded by bushland FREE. (Full details - pages 16 & 17. Map - pages 18 & 19.) and follows Dogwood Creek.

OPEN-HOUSE: POSSUM PARK ST LUKE’S MARKETS 9am – 12pm, 20km north of Miles on Leichhardt Hway – FREE 8am @ Church Grounds, 42 Constance St, Miles This WWII secret explosive store once held bombs in its concrete underground bunkers - now converted to motel units! One bunker houses a museum of war relics, plus view a restored DOWN THE MAIN STREET Vickers Viscount plane and more on this unique property – 8.30am - midday usually only open to overnight travellers, but open to the public for this special festival viewing! Support our small town businesses while you’re in town. Take some time to grab a coffee or a newspaper and browse the shops whilst listening to the Concert Band performing in the main street. Many of our businesses are participating in a local window or store display competition based on the festival theme ‘Looking Forward, Looking Back’. Look out for a festival ‘spot’ in the window or at the entry to the store. Businesses with a ‘spot’ are participating in another competition where you could be the winner! Call in and ask for an entry form. The winner will be Gala Ball announced on Sunday morning at the Miles Historical Village. FEEDLOT TO FORK 6.30pm @ Leichhardt Hall, 29 Dawson St, Miles GAS, GARDEN & GALLERY TOUR $85 Adult 7.30am departs Miles Historical Village Pre-purchase at backtothebushfestival.com.au/tickets Tickets $30 at backtothebushfestival.com.au A celebration of local beef from Miles & District Feedlots. Arrive to a complimentary drink and grazing tables, followed by sumptuous canapes and late-night feasting tables! Local beef is the star of the evening with wine and music by ‘Golden Child’ Dress: formal / black tie.

BUSH WHACKER TRIVIA NIGHT 6pm @ Miles Golf Club, 38797 Leichhardt Hway $15 tickets at the door Join a bus tour to a local gas production facility, a stunning country garden and finally a pop-up art gallery at a waterside A fun family night with dinner and bush-themed trivia! cabin built by a local family (pictured). At the cabin be served Get together your team of six, or find one on the night. a colonial style brunch and view a quaint stone chapel being Message Karen 0409 104 706 for more information. constructed by the owner and his son.

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PROGRAM THE MAIN SATURDAY 8 SEPT AM EVENT SATURDAY 8 SEPT 2018 TAG-ALONG 4WD TOUR 2PM TO LATE 8.30am departing Miles Historical Village $20 per vehicle. Book at backtothebushfestival.com.au/tickets SHOWGROUNDS Follow our local guide in your own 4WD along bush tracks, PRECINCT creek crossings and areas of wildflowers in bloom. Includes a stop to boil the billy and enjoy a country-style morning tea.

Mick Lindsay // Caitlyn Shadbolt TAG-ALONG FISHING TOUR Preserve the Moose 8.30am departing Miles Historical Village $20 per vehicle. Book at backtothebushfestival.com.au/tickets Beard Appreciation & Craft Beer Tasting Tractor Pull // Camp Oven Cooking // Whip Cracking Tackle and bait provided, just follow our local guide in your Tough Bugger Challenge // Dog High Jumping vehicle to our secret fishing spot and enjoy a morning fishing! Chainsaw Wood Sculpting // Cow Pat Lotto Antiques Expert Sessions: Coins + Dinosaur Fossils HOSTED FARM VISITS Josh Arnold – Small Town Culture 8.30am self-drive departing Miles Historical Village Kids Activities: Petting Zoo, Pony Rides, Coal Dig, $20 per vehicle. Book at backtothebushfestival.com.au/tickets Whip Cracking Workshops + more Back to the Bush Markets Markets Let us match you to a local farm that best suits you - where you will spend the morning hosted by a local farming family. – Farms where energy sector and farming co-exist and work $60 Family // $30 Adult // $15 School Age cohesively Onsite Camping - $15 – Cattle stud farm – Farms ideal for younger family visits, with animals to encounter Tickets + Camping ($15) On Sale Now Each farm visit will be as individual as the hosts welcoming you, backtothebushfestival.com.au/tickets but all will be up to 3 hours, morning tea provided.

STREET PARADE 12.30pm Lynagh St to Hawkins St, Miles With the festival theme of ‘Looking Forward Looking Back’, who knows what you might see as the Back to the Bush Street Parade hits the streets outside the Main Event venue!

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PROGRAM PROGRAM SATURDAY 8 SEPT PM SATURDAY 8 SEPT PM

THE MAIN EVENT THE MAIN EVENT @ Festival Showgrounds Precinct @ Festival Showgrounds Precinct

$60 Family // $30 Adult // $15 School Age Tractor Pull Tickets + Camping ($15) On Sale Now Presented by Kerwicks Earthworks and Bull Pipe Australia backtothebushfestival.com.au/tickets The objective: pull the weighted sled the furthest – it gets Most of the events at the Festival Precinct are FREE. heavier as it moves along! We’re pitting old tractors against ($) shows the events that require a fee. their latest models, we’ll have tractors vs the power of a D6 Dozer, plus the fun of the modified, repowered tractors! AFTERNOON SCHEDULE 2pm – Gates open Tough Bugger Challenge All afternoon – Back to the Bush Markets Presented by Q Hotel and Move Better Feel Better – Food Vendors Physiotherapy – Cameby Coal Kids Activities: Petting Zoo; Pat-a-Cow; Pony Rides; Coal Dig Watch the action of this outdoor farmer-style obstacle course – Horse and Carriage rides ($) (think hay bales, truck tyres, fence posts and more). Register – Beard Garden open for Craft Beer Tasting + a team of four, or come along to watch who will be awarded intermittent live music (until 7pm) The Toughest Buggers in the Bush 2018! Registration details – General bar open (until midnight) on festival website. – Tractor Pull – Chainsaw Wood Sculpture Dog High Jumping – Sheep shearing – Cow Pat Lotto Presented by Acton Health – Josh Arnold and the Small Town Culture team will This is no fancy show jumping style contest, this is the bush! video parts of the festival (you might be on TV!) Farm dogs, town dogs, city dogs - all dogs are invited to put their – A big screen will feature video highlights of all the action around the Festival Precinct. Presented by jumping ability to the test, up and over a wall onto a platform, Origin Energy much like jumping on the back of a jacked up ute! Registration – Festival merchandise available for sale details on festival website. 2.30pm – “Precision Aerial” Lolly drop over main arena. Presented by Condamine Seeds and Tyres Ranger Nick from 2.30pm – Collectors’ Session: Australian Coins & Tokens – Collectors’ Session: Fossils, Dinosaurs & Macro Presented by Darr Drilling Fauna He’s the guru of camp oven 2.30 – 4.30pm – Whip Cracking Workshops for Kids cooking and he’s returning to 3pm – Tough Bugger Challenge ($) his hometown Miles to share from 3pm – Camp Oven Cooking with Ranger Nick how to whip up a cracker From 3.30pm – Beard Appreciation judging begins at the Beard of camp oven meal, with Garden whatever is in your tuckerbox. 4.30pm – Josh Arnold from Small Town Culture and the local This dinky-di country bloke school children perform our Official Festival Song! sings and has plenty of yarns Presented by QGC and poems to tell, so gather 4.30pm – Dog High Jump Competition ($) round! from 5.30pm – Look up and listen out for the Vintage Aircraft Fly-overs!

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PROGRAM PROGRAM SATURDAY 8 SEPT PM SUNDAY 9 SEPT

THE MAIN EVENT BACK TO THE BUSH MARKETS @ Festival Showgrounds Precinct from 7am, outside Miles Historical Village Beard Appreciation and Craft Beer Tasting at the Beard Garden BUSH POETS BREAKFAST Presented by Miles Windsor Hotel/Motel and CRC Electrical 7 – 9am @ Miles Historical Village $8 per person. Tickets at the door. Visit the ‘Beard Garden’ for some serious beard appreciation. Available with paid entry to Miles Historical Village Plus wet your mo with some craft beer tasting! Join us for a bush breakfast and bush poetry at the Miles Beard Categories: Historical Village and Museum, featuring guest poet Russell Plunkett and the Miles Bush Poets! - The Nurtured (natural, but groomed) - The Big and Bushy (the ungroomed bush) - The Craft Beard (freestyle or faux) ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONS - The Mo (no chin hair) @ MILES HISTORICAL VILLAGE - The Wannabeard (bumfluff or starter kit) 8.30am - midday Prizes? But of course! We appreciate a good beard! Tickets at the door: $8 Adult, $20 Family, $6 Senior, Craft brews to be served on a tasting paddle from an extensive $3 Child (school age), Under school age FREE and skilfully selected range. Also serving a selection of craft gin.

Evening schedule Markets and food vendors open to 10pm. Bar open to midnight.

6.pm Walter Whip Cracking Show with Extreme Bullock Whip & Fire! 6.45pm Live Band: Preserve the Moose 8.15pm Mick Lindsay Live Mick Lindsay’s exciting country-fried rock style will fill the dance floor before his band finishes the first bar! Get excited for hearing his latest release: ‘This Song Gets Me’ live. Miles Historical Village delivers a morning of vintage fun 9.45pm Caitlyn Shadbolt Live activities, including the Condamine Bell Toss, Quart Pot Boiling Gympie’s talented singer songwriter Challenge and Kookaburra Calling Competition. Plus enjoy Caitlyn Shadbolt performing hits from damper making, devonshire teas, live music, working displays ‘Songs On My Sleeve’, her album which and a “Where’s William” competition for the kids. Details about hit #1 on the ARIA Country Album Chart the Antiques Expert in Residence over page. on release.

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PROGRAM SUNDAY 9 SEPT

ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONS (CONT.) @ MILES HISTORICAL VILLAGE

8.30am Church Service in the old Church

9am Antique Bibles Session A unique opportunity to view a collection of very rare bibles, up to 400 years old! Plus hear the stories behind them, in the old Church. 9.30am – midday Bring along your items for a ‘Roadshow’ style appraisal! Dennis Kronk has decades of experience in antiques and is eager to share a story and give a valuation of your own treasures! Dennis will be inside the old Bank building at the Miles Historical Village. Dennis has a broad knowledge of antiques and collectables, plus has an extra expertise in coins and notes.

VINTAGE AIRCRAFT AIR SHOW 11am – 2pm @ Miles Airport (19km south of Miles on Leichhardt Hwy) $5 Entry (all proceeds to Royal Flying Doctor Service) Queensland). Tickets at the door.

View these amazing vintage aircraft up close and chat to the pilots who get to experience the thrill of flying them. See a P-40 Kittyhawk, T28 Trojan, Harvard and numerous other vintage aircraft that have flown in to join the festival celebrations. Sausage sizzle available. Thank you Aerotec, Bullpipe, and Doug Hamilton from Precision Aerospace. We really appreciate your generous support of our festival!

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COLLECTIONS TOUR 6 TEDDY BEARS Carinya Residents: Wallen St, Miles 9am – 4pm Friday 7 Sept What’s not to love about a Teddy Bear Collection! Stay a while to meet the residents and take home a lovely homemade The Collections Tour is completely unique to our Festival! condiment or preserve. You are invited into the homes and backyards of local residents to view their fascinating, quirky or vintage collections. From 7 HATS FROM AROUND THE WORLD porcelain dolls to 1960s bikinis, tea cosles and Matchbox cars, Neil Ward: 6 Pine St, Miles A horse and carriage taxi service is available for a fee You will be enthralled with Neil’s stories that go with his not-to- between venues and a $20 chicken and champagne be-missed collection of hats and headpieces from his travels luncheon is available at Jan Mullins’ collection. around the world. See an original Beef Eaters Hat, Indian Headdress and a Buffalo Headpiece to name a few. 1 DOLLS COLLECTION 8 SPEEDWAY MEMORABILIA Jean Austin: 75 Eleanor St, Miles Visit Jean’s beautiful collection of dolls, some more than 100 Terry Rynne, 45 Constance St, Miles years old and all found across 40 years of collecting and Join Terry as he relives his days on the speedway and view his restoring. treasure trove of memorabilia, Matchbox cars, hubcaps, signs and more. 2 IMPLEMENTS, SALT & PEPPER SHAKERS. MORE! 9 MILITARY PARAPHERNALIA Mel and June Bond: 64 Eleanor St, Miles A quirky display of old machinery and implements, where you’ll Ray Granbower, Entrance to Miles Historical Village spot everything from your Grandma’s old washing machine to 10 WORLD CHAMPION TEA COSIES! Pop’s Chip heater. Also view June’s china figurines and hundreds of salt & pepper shakers! Ann Gibbons, Entrance to Miles Historical Village Did you know Miles is the World Tea Cosy capital?! 3 CHINA PIGS, STEEL WORKS, MORE! Since 2005, our World Tea Cosy Making Competitions have Steve & Daphne Moore: 57 Eleanor St, Miles attracted entries from all across the globe and now see the View vast collections, from cameras, stove irons, artworks, stunning entries on display and learn their stories from local old tools and axe heads, to pencil sharpeners and a fun little organiser Ann Gibbons. collection of China pigs! See Steve’s amazing scrap steel garden 11 ‘LOOKING FORWARD, LOOKING BACK’ ornaments and Daphne’s award winning handicrafts. ART EXHIBITION AT DOGWOOD CROSSING

4 COLLECTION OF COLLECTIBLES 81 Murilla St, Miles Jan Mullins: 41 Edith St, Miles A showcase exhibition of artworks created by current Miles A lifetime passion for fashion has seen Jan acquire one off District artists as well as those from the early days of our local art designer outfits, including an original 1963 Paula Stafford Bikini. community. Some of the artworks will be for sale. She is well known for her quintessential collection of anything 12 TRACTORS, JEEP AND MORE and everything, from old records and fairies, to pigs in the garden. Jan invites you to stay for a Chicken & Champagne Rob Banks, 101 Hookswood Rd, Miles Lunch - Cost $20 per head. Collection of vintage machinery, in particular a Willies Jeep which Rob has restored. View heritage tools, branding irons, 5 CHRISTMAS IN SEPTEMBER! crosscut saws and other items too numerous to mention. Bev Keogh, 35 Wallen St, Miles 13 GLASS, TIN & FARM ITEMS Be captivated with Bev’s magical Christmas collections, from heavenly angels that light their wings, to a very cheeky Santa. Robyn Hartley, 668 Hookswood Pelham Rd, Miles Or view this display Thursday night along with other homes on View Robyn’s collection of old bottles, wall vases, depression Wallen street lighting up for a Christmas Wonderland! glass pieces, china, tins and a few interesting farm pieces: shearers beds; bullock yoke; etc.

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GETTING AROUND… Our peaceful country town has no traffic lights and also no taxi service. Bring your comfy shoes for a 10 minute stroll between festival venues, or get around vintage style in the festival horse and carriage! Simply hail the carriage when you spot it, or book with Stef ph: 0497 089 589.

WALK IN THE WILDFLOWERS A must-see while you’re visiting the Miles WHERE TO STAY… District is the beautiful wildflower fields in bloom. You will be here when they are at MILES ACCOMMODATION their best! You’re really going to love the options in Miles. Hotels, motels and caravan parks – all within a 10-minute walk of the festival THE FESTIVAL ANTHEM venues! Plus, we have top country camping and cabin spots Country music star Josh Arnold, aka nearby too. View the options on the festival website or contact The Outback Fella is rocking in to town the Visitor Information Centre. for the festival with thanks to QGC. He’ll be filming for a Miles music video FESTIVAL CAMPING and with the Small Towns Culture Schools Choir launching the Festival Song at the Camping is available at the Festival Showgrounds Precinct. Main Event! $15 per site, per night (amenities available, unpowered, pets kept restrained are welcome). Purchase in Festival Ticket Box Office: backtothebushfestival.com.au/tickets

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HUGE THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS!

Abrahams Drapery MDH (Wallumba Feedlot) Miles Acton Health Pharmacy Allflex Engineering Australia Pty Ltd AON Insurance Miles IGA & GFC Café Brandon & Associates Brown Miles Tyre & Battery and Hurley Miles Wholesale Meats Brown Brothers Milkman Grooming Co. Missy’s Caltex Miles Healing Room Chaplain Butchery Move Better Feel Better CNW Electrical Wholesale Coates Hire Murilla Community Centre Inc. Condabri Feedlot Condamine Murilla Foodworks Seeds & Tyres Darts-Gray Murilla Mitre 10 Hardware Transport Palmer’s Coaches Elders - Miles Road Warriors 4X4 Stanbroke Emily Beutel Weddings & Events Starline Motor Inn Swagsman Fox & Rynne Accountants GDL Motor Inn Ruralco Teys Feedlot Hotel Australia The Peppermint Group JB Designs The Queensland Hotel JBS Australia J. Kerwick Electrical Tu-Lagoons Nursery Joe Swalling Painting Supplies United Petroleum Kilcoy Global Foods Williams Natural Therapies Liberty Oil Clinic Maces Bakery Yuleba Cypress

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Miles Visitor Information Centre For more information about visiting the Miles area contact the Miles Visitor Information Centre or drop in to see them at the Miles Historical & Museum. Miles 141 Murilla St, Miles QLD 4415 Toowoomba Brisbane Phone: (07) 4627 1492