The Weekly Advertiser – Wednesday, April 13, 2022

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Vol. No. Vol. 2418No. 3927

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PUNK IT UP: Little Lincoln Fax, 18 months, shows his delight in helping his parents Shelly and Tom prepare for a Wimmera Steampunk Festival in Dimboola on April 23. The Dimboola family is among many Wimmera and visiting steampunk enthusiasts who plan to dress up for the event. The festival has a time-travel theme combining science-fiction, fantasy with Victorian-era fashion. Story, page 17. Picture: PAUL CARRACHER

Easter buzz is back BY MICHAEL SCALZO

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immera cities, towns and communities are preparing for an Easter weekend swell as they embrace opportunities to present major attractions for the first time in two years.

Thousands of people will visit the region for the first major collective presentation of festivities since before the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Stawell Gift at Central Park, as the headline event, looms as a compelling contest, with elite Australian runners crowding the program. A new partnership between Stawell Athletics Club and Athletics Australia has attracted some of the country’s best professional athletes, along with elite amateur talent. With several Australian Olympian runners set to dazzle the 5000-strong crowd, amateur runners and grass-

track specialists have a battle on their hands to claim the $40,000 and $20,000 cheques for the headline men’s and women’s 120-metre events. Some of Australia’s best runners in contention include 2022 men’s 100m Australian track and field champion Jack Dooen, Commonwealth Games 100m relay sprinter Jack Hale and 800m national record holder Catriona Basset. With organisers expecting more than 600 athletes across sprint

and middle-distance events, a television audience will join thousands of on-site spectators for the carnival’s 140th event. COVID-19 restrictions cancelled the carnival in 2020 and capped visitor attendance in 2021. The Gift, apart from generating interest around the world, has garnered the attention of Russell Cunningham’s Australian film production company, RLC Motion Picture Entertainment. The film company, with a finished

script, has planned a fictional Stawell Gift feature film and will explore the script’s Central Park setting ahead of a potential late-2022 filming start. The company’s creative team have planned to attend this weekend to soak in the atmosphere. The carnival headlines a boost for Wimmera economies as residents and visitors look forward to several other high-profile events across the region. Continued — page 3

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