We are not seeing as many events this year as we have previously, avoiding crowds to minimise our risk of contracting Covid. There are over 200,000 reported cases in NSW so there are probably dozens of cases in and around Tamworth.
Our only Festival event today was the fund-raiser for the McGrath Foundation held in the fabulous Tamworth Town Hall. The building has many intricate features such as this ceiling sculpture. During the interval a police bus was parked outside the Town Hall. The police station is close by and about 10 police cars were parked in the street when we first arrived.
Last time we were in this Town Hall social distancing and masks were mandatory. We had our masks on but felt way too close to others sitting next to us and behind us.
Unfortunately the hall was only half full. While our caravan park is full, the number of people in and around Tamworth is definitely nowhere near pre-Covid levels. Ricky Albeck was one of tonight’s performers and we spotted his proud mum Beccy Cole in the wings. It was a good show but went too long as it was close to midnight by the time we got back to a frenetic dog. During the day Tilly was practising her meerkat routine.
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