Welcome to Mt Kembla Mining Heritage Festival for 2008. Festival events & displays are spread over beautiful Mt Kembla village, on the NSW South Coast.
Start by parking in the special festival car park on lower Stones Rd and catching the free “Park & Ride” shuttle bus to all of the action. Ride free all weekend, courtesy of Premier Illawarra, to all festival events from Mt Kembla Oval, through the centre of the village & Mt Kembla school and on to Kembla Heights and Windy Gully Cemetery.
The shuttle bus service also links the festival to public transport at Unanderra Train Station via Wests Illawarra Leagues Club, with a bus approx every 45 mins …so don’t miss the bus….to anywhere!
Lots to see and do from Saturday early … grab a Festival Program from the heritage displays at the oval, in the Heritage Centre, at the school or from the Visitor’s Centre on the Village Green if you forgot to collect one on the bus, to guide you around the village and events all weekend:
- SPECTACULAR GRAND PARADE – Saturday 12 NOON - Mt Kembla Village to Mt Kembla Oval
- FOOD & VARIETY MARKET STALLS – all weekend, all festival venues
- COAL SHOVELLING & ROOF BOLTING NSW TITLES - Mt Kembla Oval, Saturday
- MASSIVE MINING INDUSTRY DISPLAY - The Evolution of Mining - Mt Kembla Oval
- MUSIC – around the village
- FAMILY & SOCIAL HISTORY DISPLAYS - Mt Kembla School all buildings
- HERITAGE COTTAGE BEAUTIFUL PERIOD DISPLAY - 1 Benjamin Rd (opp school)
- MT KEMBLA HERITAGE CENTRE – 300 Cordeaux Rd
- POETS' BREAKFAST- Village Green, Sunday early
- 2008 MT KEMBLA ART PRIZE EXHIBITION
- UTE MUSTER and VINTAGE CAR displays - Mt Kembla Oval
- NPWS GUIDED WALKS & INFORMATION - Village Green for walk times & information, including tour of he historic Mt Kembla Mine site (numbers limited)
- VIOLET HILL KITCHEN & VISITORS CENTRE - Village Green relax and enjoy the music while having something light to eat – indoor and outdoor seating
- FUN FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY - at Mt Kembla School, children’s special area
- 96 CANDLES CEREMONY - Thursday 31 July 6pm - Windy Gully Cemetery. Join in this beautiful and very significant ceremony to remember the lives lost in the 1902 Mt Kembla mine disaster. There’s no vehicular access to this ceremony, so catch the free bus from Mt Kembla Hotel & Kembla Heights Bowls Club from 5.15pm - 5.45pm.
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