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POPSFestivals fail to be adversely affected by fuel costs
The fourth year of the festival had six participating wineries and vigneron Gerard Mahoney of Nooramunga Sparkling Shiraz, who doesn’t have a cellar door, had his wine on display at Morrison’s. Wines of King Valley group executive officer, Kevin Bascomb, said Weekend Fit For A King visitor research would be analysed in about a month but the visitor estimate prior to the event was 5000. "I think the numbers would be steady this year," Mr Bascomb said. "It was a very good group of people, very interested in learning about the wines. "We were very pleased with the interest of visitors around the area." In the sixth year of Weekend Fit For A King, the festival added another to its list of participating wineries, bringing the total to 19. "Moyhu Wine Company was participating for the first time and was delighted with the results." Mr Bascomb said Wines of King Valley was very pleased with the way the event had developed and was attracting the type of person sought by th
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POPSAltruism costly for volunteers Someone should count the cost to volunteers with the 50 days of bushfires in Victoria. There were over 5,000 volunteer CFA volunteers involved - they averaged about 6 days each in the field - that equates to some 30,000 man days away from their regular employment. That is a huge price to pay!
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