Autumn art and festivity

Margaret Oban Dowe viewing artwork by torchlight at 'Art at the Mill' at Ballandean.

It was a crisp night on the Granite Belt when ‘Art on the Mill’ opened to the public on Friday night.
The first introduction to the artwork was by torchlight with guests enjoying an up close and personal encounter with art via torch and mobile phone light before the lights were turned on to fully reveal the beautiful display of art in glass, wood, clay, metal, on canvas and paper.
Artists Jean Fysh and Susan Shaw celebrated their exhibition ‘Where the Light Fell’ at the Warwick Art Gallery on Saturday night. Joined by a large crowd of art supporters, mother and daughter Jean and Susan’s collection of still life, landscape and portrait works was opened by Nikki Wood.
Nikki introduced them to a love of art and mentored their artist journey.
A cemetery tour on an autumn morning unearthed a few interesting facts for those who gathered on Wednesday and Saturday on Wentworth Street as part of Heritage Week in Warwick. Fran Hockings, a volunteer from the Warwick Visitor Information Centre at the Town Hall guided a group of local and visiting guests through our buried past with snippets of Southern Downs history.
And festival organisers could not have asked for a more beautiful autumn weekend for the Allora Autumn Festival, Wendy Ardrey said.
A full weekend of activities kept visitors entertained with pop up art, vintage and veteran vehicles, penny farthing bicycles, horse-drawn vehicles, dinning under the stars on Drayton Street, historical walks, Mary Poppins tours gourmet barbecue breakfasts, Allora State School celebrating their 150th Anniversary to name just a few events.