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Santa made it into Kumbia in true-blue Aussie style … on the back of a ute<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

December 21, 2019<\/strong><\/p>\n

Kumbia’s culinary treats are well known far beyond the town’s borders, and they were on full display at this year’s Kumbia Christmas Carnival.<\/p>\n

Local bakers lent their skills to producing a wide range of home-made Christmas cakes, puddings and biscuits that guests could buy to delight their own Yuletide guests.<\/p>\n

And Lenihan Butchery’s sausages and steakettes sizzled on the barbecues all night, much to the delight of the appreciative crowd who kept the grillmasters busy right up to closing time.<\/p>\n

This year the bucking mechanical bull and other rides that are usually a feature of the annual Carnival were replaced by a giant slide whose big attraction – for both children and their parents – was that it was entirely free, thanks to a grant from the South Burnett Regional Council.<\/p>\n

Gayle Carroll, from the Kumbia Hall Committee, said that with many of the town’s farms in drought, organisers wanted to lend a hand to keep carnival costs down for families.<\/p>\n

Santa Claus arrived at his usual time of 7:30pm – this year, on the back of a ute – to treat children to free gifts, and even the heavens offered up something: a brief, light hailstorm that hit some nearby areas but left Kumbia itself untouched.<\/p>\n

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