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Landmarks Of
Lennox—Festivals
BY ROBYN HARGRAVE
Since 2013 early June has hosted the Love Lennox Festival.
The concept of our Chamber of Commerce, ‘looking for unique
and creative opportunities to promote the local business’ 1 and
‘celebrating everything there is to love about Lennox’ 2 , the
festival is the longest running of those in Lennox. This year the
Coronavirus pandemic has forced its postponement.
It is a much anticipated event, converting Ballina Street to
a colourful pedestrian thoroughfare with stalls offering foods
and beverages, arts, information, music, surfboard swaps and
dance displays.
Hugely successful Crazy Boat Races were held on Lake
Ainsworth from the late 1970s to the early 1980s in late
November. In a 1983 Northern Star column, Jim Brigginshaw
said, ‘anything that gives the slightest indication of floating –
from paint tins to wine casks – is employed as the basics for a
racing yacht’ with ‘paddlers using everything from shovels to
cricket bats’.
On 27 September 1981 a Back to the ‘30s carnival raised
over $10,500 for improvements to Williams Reserve sporting
grounds and boasted a street pageant with floats, charity
queens, a cabaret ball and sporting events of the era including
gum boot throwing and a billycart derby. 3
Banksia Community Fairs, predecessor to Love Lennox, were
held in spring from 1996 for some years, commemorating
Lennox Head’s 75th anniversary on 27 September 1997.
Coming up in 2022, Lennox Head celebrates its Centenary
with activities for present and past visitors and residents. Stay
tuned for more information.
Sources: 1 ,http://lovelennox.com.au/, 2 https://www.australias.guide/nsw/
event/love-lennox-festival/accessed 23.04.2020; 3 The Northern Star
28.09.1981. Photos: 1. Lloyd Hargrave, 2. Delia Gibbon 3. Monica
Wilcox
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