Kernewek Lowender

There were heaps of floats and groups walking in the street parade, but I'm only uploading a few pictures here, mostly because I find the costumes interesting. This is a group of Australian-Cornish people.

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This little girl was being pulled around by a goat.

There's a lot of old vehicles in these parades too, but on Sunday is the Cavalcade of Cars, which is a few hours of old cars driving throughout the towns. It sounds pretty boring, but it's good.

For some reason, there were a lot of pirates and fairies in the parade this time.

The "picky boys" were the under-aged boys working in the mines - these kids were sorting rocks on the float, but also wearing their football/netball team outfits. I really have no idea why.

This man said he was turning 80 this year, and had been doing the job as town crier for 20 years in the Kernewek - basically he just rings the bell and yells.

Jarrad's favourite parts were the music and his banana.

This is maypole dancing, which I did when I was small enough. Lauren isn't old enough yet. Maypole dancing is basically just doing a dance holding ribbons which are attached to a pole, which makes a pattern along the pole.

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Even after such a long time, I still remember how to do all this exactly.

These are Lauren's friends from her class, they all did the Furry Dance together.

This man used to park his horse and buggy at the park in Kadina, and offer rides for $2. He's moved his business elsewhere now, but he still comes down for the Kernewek.

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This fountain is really beautiful, and it's only just started working again after a long time of having no water supply.