You can’t beat the Mallee Root Festival

CALLING all tossers – Ouyen is looking for you on September 27 for the annual Mallee Root Festival. People still have time to train for the drawcard Root Toss where people of all ages try their luck throwing an iconic Mallee stump. Around 1000 people attended the event last year and Stacey Sutton, president of […]

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