The Echuca Moama Steam Iron and Trades Revival is set to take place on June 7 and 8 at Rotary Park, offering a weekend of vintage machinery and family fun.
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The Echuca Moama Steam Iron and Trades Revival returns to Rotary Park on June 7 and 8, promising a weekend filled with vintage machinery and family entertainment.
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Event co-ordinator and Echuca Steam Preservation Society president Alan Edwards says the event will maintain similar opening times to previous years, but without the Saturday night entertainment.
Tickets for the Steam Revival will be available at the gate, with payment either cash or card.
“This is the third year I've been involved in the steam revival,” Alan said.
“It is important to show people and keep history alive.
“People can reminisce, show their kids and their grandkids what things used to be like.”
The event attracted about 2500 visitors in 2024, with similar numbers expected this year.
A special steam train service, operated by Steamrail Victoria from Bendigo, will run with a connecting bus service to the rally site on Saturday.
Exhibitors from Victoria, NSW and South Australia will showcase various attractions, including steam traction engines, vintage vehicles and working demonstrations.
“Jarrod Beer is getting his traction engine out for the first time in eight years and will hopefully have the engine do some chaff-cutting displays,” Alan said.
Jarrod’s traction engine is a Fowler 13-ton, seven-horsepower steam traction engine, built in 1903 in Leeds, that spent its life hauling logs, ploughing fields, clearing land, threshing and chaff cutting.
Event co-ordinator Alan Edwards highlights the importance of preserving history and providing an opportunity for people to experience the past. Tickets for the event can be purchased at the gate using cash or card.
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The ‘show and shine’, organised by the Echuca Moama District Historical Car Club, will run on Saturday, with entries accepted on the day.
Attractions include steam traction engines, vintage vehicles, working demonstrations, a show and shine event, blacksmith demonstrations and family-friendly activities such as face painting and an animal nursery.
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Aidan Briggs
Additional attractions include the Echuca Model Railway Club display, blacksmith demonstrations, working horses and traditional sleeper cutting.
“We will have the food area again, the Revival Hub with the big red tent,” Alan said.
Family entertainment will include face painting and an animal nursery.
The Echuca Steam Preservation Society, currently with 14 members, welcomes new participants and anyone who would like to help out with the steam revival.
Interested parties can visit steamrevival.org.aufor more information and contact details.
Working horse displays at the Echuca Moama Steam Iron and Trades Revival.
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Aidan Briggs
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