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Elves Tayah Garwood and Jodi Cunningham were helping Santa and handing out ice blocks to the children<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

December 17, 2021<\/strong><\/p>\n

Nanango’s annual Family Christmas Carnival was topped off on Thursday night with a massive fireworks display, part of the 20th birthday celebrations for Heritage Nanango Community Funding.<\/p>\n

The fireworks were huge – and always a crowd pleaser – but there were also plenty of other attractions for families to enjoy, including a miniature train winding its way through Pioneer Park, a jumping castle, dodgem cars, rides and a giant slide.<\/p>\n

Children were also taking advantage of the nearby skatepark and flying fox, erected in Pioneer Park by the South Burnett Regional Council.<\/p>\n

The evening was organised by the Nanango Tourism and Development Association (NaTDA) and volunteers from the association were kept busy during the night making sure everything was running smoothly.<\/p>\n

The NaTDA Nanango Community Choir also created a festive atmosphere, singing Christmas carols.<\/strong><\/p>\n

There were plenty of food stalls but the volunteers from the Nanango Community Men’s Shed were also run off their feet at the barbecue.<\/p>\n

Santa seems to be preferring rural fire brigades as his method of transport this year … after arriving on a bright yellow fire truck at Hivesville last weekend, he rolled into Nanango courtesy of the East Nanango rural firies.<\/p>\n

The truck was immediately swamped by youngsters eager to meet the man in red and his two local elves!<\/p>\n

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The NaTDA Nanango Community Choir was praised for their Christmas carolling<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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A team of volunteers from the Nanango Community Men’s Shed were manning the barbecue<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Jacob Lindsay, 7, from Yarraman, sits patiently as a festive design is painted on to his face<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Chelsea Lindsay, 8, and Zoe Bionda, 4, from Yarraman, were happy to show off their Christmas face paintings<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The East Nanango truck brought in Santa with lights flashing and siren sounding<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Santa was swamped by children when he alighted from the rural fire truck<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Youngsters were keen to share their secrets with Santa Claus<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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South Burnett Regional Council CEO Mark Pitt and his wife Nicola – the driving forces behind the South Burnett’s “Santa Claus Lane” and “Santa’s Workshop” initiatives – were enjoying the Christmas fun<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Eric Spicer, from Jumping Jokers Castle Hire, was helping out his son Brock who now runs the locally based amusement business<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Daryll Franklin, from Arrow Amusements, was the happy train driver on the night<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The mini-train took children and their parents around Pioneer Park<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Local musician Tony Cisneros was enjoying the carnival atmosphere while Charlie Spagalli was videoing the carnival for NaTDA<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The dodgems and the giant slide were popular with the kids<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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There was an assortment of rides in Pioneer Park, something which other Christmas carnivals in the South Burnett couldn’t offer due to the weather<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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