Everand Logo

Welcome to Everand!

  • Country Style

    January

    Dec 30, 2019 5 minutes
    WORDS VIRGINIA IMHOFF, TRACEY PLATT

    NSW

    Parkes Elvis Festival, January 8th–12th Slick back that quiff and make your way to Parkes to celebrate The King’s birthday. This year’s theme is Elvis’s 1966 musical Frankie and Johnny and there are more than 200 events in the jam-packed program to enjoy. From barefoot bowls and bingo to hound dog competitions, a mass marriage-vow renewal ceremony and boogie woogie lessons, there will be no time to take off those blue suede shoes. Various locations and events. (02) 6862 6000, parkeselvisfestival.com.au

    The skies will be filled with aircraft of all shapes and sizes as aviation enthusiasts from around the nation converge on the Northern Rivers town of Evans Head for this annual event. Visitors and locals alike can enjoy re-enactments, joy flights and aircraft

    You’re reading a preview, subscribe to read more.

    More from Country Style

    Country Style3 min read
    A Toast To Mum
    MUMM IS a renowned Champagne; its Germanic name pronounced quite differently from our derivative for mother. A decade ago, Chester Osborn launched a d’Arenberg sparkling he named DADD, in honour of his dad, grandad and great-grandad. The wine was goo
    Country Style4 min read
    Rest And Retreat
    To Sit Quietly by Amanda Ogilby painting, $520, from The Toowoomba Gallery. Sea & Sky by W. Ayerst Ingram painting, POA, from Vintage Art Emporium. Antique chromolithographs by Henry Seebohm, $120, from The Powder Works. Fig Botanical art, $65, from
    Country Style2 min read
    Steps Through Time
    IN THE HISTORIC timber-mill town of Nannup in Western Australia, an old worker’s cottage has been converted into a restful haven, with much of its decor inspired by its humble history. “There was originally a shop attached to the house called J Picke

    Related Books & Audiobooks