Get Australia Day ready

WITH more than 60 authentic, beautiful and well-preserved buildings, Highfields Pioneer Village offers something truly unique for the whole family this Australia Day. When: Friday January 26 Where: 73 Wirraglen Rd, Highfields

PROGRAM (BUILDING NUMBER)

9am Country music entertainment (62) 9.30am Milking the cow, separating and butter making (19) 10am Schools In (59) 10.30am Working Draft Horse (20) Billy tea and damper all day (8)

10.45am Sheep Shearing (2) Country Rock Entertainment until noon (62)

10.50am Family games and sheaf tossing competition (63)

11am Tour of the Toowoomba Fire Brigade Museum (61) 11.20am Rope making (16) 11.30am Bee-keeping demonstration (12) Aboriginal dance workshop: Don Nikkelson (62) A visit from Miss Piggy lovable mascot from Bendigo Bank

Noon lunch break, damper making demonstration and comp (9) A visit from Ned Kelly (17) And judging period costume (62) 12.30pm Music by Cactoblastis 1pm Whip cracking school (22) 1.15pm Farmer’s ingenuity show (32) 1.25pm Family games (63) 1.30pm Wheel tyring at the blacksmith’s shop (10)

2pm Official awards ceremony for Australia Day: (62)

2.30pm-3.30pm Free billy tea and damper sponsored by Toowoomba Regional Council

3.30pm-5pm Bush Band entertainment sponsored by Bendigo Bank

Other attractions during the day include blacksmithing, tinsmithing, silversmithing, animal nursery, mini steam train, stationary engines, bee-keeping, markets, raffles, sausage sizzle, food and drinks, billy tea and damper, scouts and guides, music, Aboriginal art display, and a didgeridoo performance by Don Nikkelson.