Celebrating 180th anniversary of naming Mt Kosciuszko and of exploration of Gippsland. Strzelecki Festival 2020 was to begin on Friday 27th March at Soldiers Memorial Hall in Omeo, Gippsland.It took 4 months of hard work to put everything together. Because of coronavirus the whole world came to a standstill.…
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The March Strzelecki Festival in Omeo is cancelled
Due to the global coronavirus pandemic, the Omeo Strzelecki Festival scheduled for the end of March this year is cancelled. The Kosciuszko Heritage Foundation will endeavor to gather all festival materials and present them on the internet, i.e. organize STRZELECKI OMEO DIGITAL FESTIVAL.…
Strzelecki Festival Omeo (27-29.03.2020) and Strzelecki Festival Tumbarumba (7-9.05.2020)
Strzelecki Festival 2020 – Full Program Here (in English)
“Strzelecki” by David Campbell
And so Strzelecki set out from Hannibal
Macarthur’s station, leaving the girls behind
In Sydney. – All night the Nacki washed my mind
Like willow roots in water.…
Death on the Summit of Mt Kosciuszko
Article in original is here http://www.zrobtosam.com/PulsPol/Puls3/index.php?sekcja=1&arty_id=19800.
Nick Brodie was researching a history of the Australian alps when he came across a mysterious true story. In 1928, two men set off for a cross-country skiing adventure to on Mount Kosciuszko, which had become Australia’s newly popular winter playground.…
Gallery “Tumbafest rising from the ashes” and video “Under the Strzelecki banner”
Article in polish is below and here http://www.zrobtosam.com/PulsPol/Puls3/index.php?sekcja=1&arty_id=19807.
Event One – Omeo – 27-29 MARCA
My Mountain Kosciuszko
Article in original is here http://www.zrobtosam.com/PulsPol/Puls3/index.php?sekcja=1&arty_id=19786.
John Hospodaryk singing “My Mountain Kosciuszko”.
“My Mountain Kosciuszko” was written in February 2008 by Ursula Lang. A month later it was composed and recorded by John Hospodaryk in Paradise Studio in Avalon (Sydney).…
Polish firefighters raise money for Australian wildfire relief
Volunteer firefighters from southern Poland have collected money for the rehabilitation and restoration of the Kosciuszko National Park in Australia. This was the “Think globally, act locally” principle in action, said President Andrzej Duda on Thursday.