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Gold coast's cooly rocks on brings the music, fashion and vibe of the 1950s and ’60s to life.
T he biggest festival is Cooly Rocks On, an 11- day event that takes place in Coolangatta on the Gold Coast, and which in 2013 will run
from May 31 to June 10.
Once known as the Wintersun Festival, Cooly Rocks
On split away from its parent festival and now operates as a separate event. Last year, 80,000 people, most wearing carefully curated vintage outfits, turned up to the Cooly Rocks On Festival, which has a brilliant retro vibe and unrivalled energy.
Set on the stunning beachfront of Coolangatta, a two- kilometre stretch of town is taken over by live music, swing bands and Elvis impersonators. There’s even a Miss Pinup contest and a retro market hosting over 100 craft and vintage fashion stalls.
More than a thousand classic cars, hot rods and custom cars cruise through town during the Grand Finale weekend, which marks just one of the many highlights of the festival. But if cars aren’t your thing, there’s always the Poodle-Oodle Parade, where cute four-legged fluff-balls are primped and preened before being sent for walkies down a catwalk.
Aside from cars and poodles, music and dancing are the main draw, with several venues around town playing host to an awesome selection of live bands. You can choose to be a wallflower and watch the many demonstrations of swing dance and rockabilly competitions, or you can sign up to a workshop and learn how to dance your pop socks off to the sounds of Jerry Lee Lewis and Johnny Cash.
Tweed-Coolangatta is the premiere tourist destination on the border of New South Wales and Queensland, Australia.
For a break away from the festivities, this sub-tropical region offers nature based, rural experiences with five world heritage listed national parks. Abundant bird life and sub tropical vegetation, state forests, kilometres of unspoilt, clean beaches, rivers and lakes abundant in bird and marine life, wetlands and crystal clear streams, marine reserves and offshore natural resources combined with a sub tropical climate with year round mild temperatures all in close proximity to the attractions and theme parks of the Gold Coast.
Cooly Rocks On. Set along on the foreshore of Coolangatta Beach front, there is something of interest for everyone.
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