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The Steggles La Festa Faces of Australia event has been the first
completed project in the Riverina district in NSW Australia under the Regional Tourism Product
Development Funding Program. This year’s La Festa was a great success, drawing visitors
from all over NSW and Victoria.
It broke previous records with around 12,000 visitors to Griffith over the Easter
weekend. The event was held as Griffith
bounced back from recent flooding gathering people together for a colourful day
of music, dance and celebration.
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La Festa received funding from Destination NSW to expand the
festival’s foodie theme and develop an exciting concept for a “Kitchen Alley”
to cook up Griffith’s
local produce.
The organisers used the funding to include more activities.
The appearance of Celebrity Chef, Paul Mercurio and sister duo Sammy and Bella,
winners of the first season of Channel Seven’s My Kitchen Rules, sealed La
Festa’s strong reputation as a festival for foodies.
Even though the region is still recovering from the recent
flooding, good progress is also being made with other tourism projects in the
Riverina that received funding.
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The development of walking and cycling trails in Narrandera
is well under way with signage concepts, designs, track grading and maps
progressing well. The first stage involving the design of routes around Lake Talbot,
Murrumbidgee River, Wetlands and Koala Loop is on
schedule for completion.
For more information on the $5 million Regional Tourism Product
Development Funding Program go to Destination NSW’s Corporate website.
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