Rathdowney Heritage Festival

The 2009 Rathdowney Heritage Festival will be held on Sunday 5th April 2009,
with the support of the Scenic Rim Regional Council.

 

PJ Weston and Fred Johnson and his cream truck
Performers at the 2008 Rathdowney Heritage Festival were:

 

  • "Bushfire"
  • "Bun'Ber E" Celtic Band
  • Bush Poets
  • "Left of Centre", featuring Kylie Moss and Kodie-Maree
  • P J Weston

 

P J Weston wrote a song about Fred Johnson and his cream truck. The title of the song is "Universal Provider".

 

 

Entertainment for the 2008 Rathdowney Heritage Festival included:

 

  • Axemen & Sawyers' Woodchop
  • Flyball
  • Working Sheep Dogs
  • Whip Cracker
  • Wheelwrighting - Keith Rhoades
  • 4BC - John Miller
  • Bullock Team - Philip Thomson
  • Vintage Cars
  • Heritage Costumes
  • Pioneering Women Display
  • Templin Museum Heritage Clothes
  • Embroidery Display
  • Spinning & Weaving
  • Photographic Display of Heritage Gardens - Janet Hauser
  • Paper Making - Lisa Hepburn
  • Ironing in the old way - Mrs Armstrong
  • Washing Display - Bernadette O'Neill
  • Butter Making - Jack Thomson
  • Leather Working Display - Bill Glasgow
  • Museum of Australian Military Intelligence - Dave Parker
  • Blacksmithing - Sandy Armstrong
  • Harness Making - Dean & Kym Jeffrey
  • Horse Gear Working - Jodie Bryman
  • Valkyrie Face Painting
  • Engines showing Pumping Water down the years - Neville Falkenhagen
  • Walking on stilts - Rick & Isabell Stanfield
  • Pig Racing & Music - Noah's Ark Nursery
  • Country Markets