After a least a year of planning, Fraser Coast Mayor George Seymour has hailed the Royal Society of the Ancient and Honorable Australian Town Crier Championships held in Maryborough at the start of the month as a major success.
Eleven competitors from throughout Australia took part in the one-day event before staying on to be part of the town’s annual Mary Poppins Festival.
“We were looking forward to it for a long time and we have been really excited that we could pair it with our Mary Poppins Festival,” Mayor Seymour said.
“They both went together really well.
“Maryborough with its beautiful architecture its culture and its history really lends itself to this time of event and the town criers all participated in the Mary Poppins Festival and added a lot of colour to it.”
Toowoomba’s George Howarth was the big winner on the day.
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