You hear the bells and the bombing voice before you see him, but you know who is coming down the street.
Bob Townshend, the Southern Downs Town Crier, may have fallen into the role but he has embraced it wholeheartedly and is a natural at it.
Keep an ear to the street this Jumpers and Jazz in July because he will be crying throughout the town.
Bob decided to share the cry that secured him his third win in the senior’s division of the Australian Town Criers competition earlier this month and it is a taste of what you may hear during the festival.
Oyez . Oyez . Oyez
Sixty kilometres apart at the northern and southern ends of Queensland’s Southern Downs,
Warwick and Stanthorpe are so different and yet so alike.
Warwick with superb sanstone architecture designed by artisians,
Jumpers and Jazz in July a festival of music and art.
The Condamine River, famous in folklore.
The bustle of international motorsport and equine events
Red Roses
Stanthorpe with glorious granite outcrops create by Mother Nature.
The Apple and Grape Festival celebrating Natures bounty.
Quartpot Creek, so named when a discareded billy was found by early explorers.
Quite nights in front of log fired.
Red Wine
Warwick and Stanthorpe offer all that a discerning tourist could wish for.
Red Roses and Red Wine.
God bless Australia.
