G'day Joybell,

Round about then (1966/7) I was working on Murray 2 Dam in the Snowy Mts Scheme ... living at Khancoban ... just over the border from Corryong and Nariel Creek. I was aware of the Nariel Ck Festival ... but working 6 days a week and long shifts. I did get down to Corryong on Saturday nights for Con Klippel's bands (really ...) Old-time dances in the Corryong Hall ... but I never managed to get to the Nariel Creek Festival!

I had heard of planning for what became Australia's National Folk Festival ... during stopovers in Melbourne, between dam construction jobs in Tasmania, ACT and the Snowy ... but I didn't get to a National FF until Adelaide (South Australia) in 1971. That was far more low-key than all folk festivals have become since ...

Regards,

Bob