Well, it's official. My first ever Home Hill Harvest Festival, in the books.
Does that qualify me as a local yet?
Well, whether it does or doesn't, I sure felt proud to be a resident as I paced the packed out streets this weekend, photographing all the amazing floats at the highly anticipated Grand Parade. What a turnout. What an event. And all topped off by a near-perfect sunset and the following Street Party.
The two events rounded off another successful Harvest Festival schedule—an amalgamation of the committee’s hard work and the town’s unwavering community support. These are the events that unite small towns like ours, a town so worthy of celebration.
After all, of all the countries, states, and millions of cities and townships around the world, we all live within the same ~30km radius of each other. Different people, different walks of life, brought together for different reasons, but connected geographically, and in a sense, spiritually.
Just living here for the better part of half a year, I've felt myself gravitating toward local customs, ways of life, and even the accent, apparently. My parents told me on the phone the other day that I'm sounding more and more 'regional' by the day. They also noted my adoption of the "ey" after saying thanks. "Thanks, ey!" Who knows, by the time I return to Sydney for Christmas, I might be rocking Cowboys gear with a suitcase full of sugarcane.
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