The Port Fairy Winter Weekends again produced produced a feast of talent and indulgences for the final Winter Weekend for 2017.
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Splendid photos, a collectors’ dream of vinyl records, winter woolies and delectable food to make were among the attractions for the annual festival’s final weekend.
The inaugural Port Fairy Photo Contest was inundated with 240 entries.
Entrants were asked to take a photo in Port Fairy within a 48 hour period on July 7-8 and judges were impressed with the high standard of photos submitted.
Professional category winner Craig Richards of Warrnambool said he was not a professional photographer but entered the category to test his talents against the high standard of professionals.
Mr Richards, who works as a chef, won with a photo of the iconic Port Fairy lighthouse and said he was lucky to get the light right in what were poor weather conditions.
Winner of the senior amateur category Paul Besford of Port Fairy said it rained for much of the 48 hours of the competition but he was lucky to get a patch of sun to fall on an angler by the Moyne River for his winning photo.
Charlotte Dyson, 13, of St Helens won the junior category with her photo of a shell on the shores of Griffiths island.
Many items of the street furniture in Port Fairy’s CBD were decorated with wool to complement the weekend’s Show Us Your Winter Woolies contest and the Vinyl Swap and DJ sessions at the Port Fairy Drill Hall drew a big crowd of fans of music recorded the old way.
Among the vinyl fans were brothers Lachlan and Sam Francis of Hamilton who came away with a good haul of records from their favourite musical genre, prog rock.
Other events on the weekend included a cooking class at Conlan’s Wine Store, an art exhibition by Port Fairy artist Liam Murphy, and a 15 Minutes of Fame concert at the Port Fairy Bowls Club.
Night time ghost tours of Port Fairy and to the Budj Bim aboriginal cultural landscape near Tyrendarra were booked out.