Kurrajong Scarecrow Festival

The Kurrajong Scarecrow Festival is normally held on the fourth weekend of October in the Hawkesbury area of NSW, Australia -- however, for various reasons it will not be held in 2013.

Scarecrows built by local families around the Kurrajong district are judged on the Saturday. Category winners were awarded certificates and great prizes donated by local businesses.

Then on the Sunday scarecrows are brought into Memorial Park in Kurrajong for the 'Spectacle of Scarecrows'. Market stalls are erected in the street and the crowds enjoy performances by local children and musical artists.

dinosaur at Kurrajong Scarecrow Festival
A spectacular dinosaur scarecrow, 'Tyranno-straw-us Rex', made by the McKeown-Todd family,delighted the crowds at the 2007 Kurrajong Scarecrow Festival.

Edna Everage Scare Crow
Bride scarecrow
School kids scarecrows
Pansy steam train scarecrow
Some of the scarecrows presented in past years at Kurrajong Scarecrow Festival: Top left, Edna Everage Scarecrow; Top right, a strawy bride; Centre, scarecrow kids waiting for the school bus; Bottom, Kurrajong's Pansy steam train, with her scarecrow driver, rides again.

Strawy Matilda at Kurrajong Scarecrow Festival
Scarecrows in Motion display, Strawy Matilda, in action at the Kurrajong Scarecrow Festival in 2003
Daisy at Kurrajong Scarecrow Festival
Scarecrows in Motion display, Bicycle Built for Two at the Kurrajong Scarecrow Festival in 2004. Clever scarecrow stilt man, Russell Scarecrow, visits the Bicycle Built for Two display, to the delight of onlookers young and old.
hillbillies at Kurrajong scarecrow festival
Scarecrows in Motion display, Kurrajong Straw-billies, carried by an authentic Model A Ford truck at the 2008 Kurrajong Scarecrow Festival

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