The annual Thunderbolts Festival in Uralla started with the Fleet Warbirds Street Parade on Saturday morning.
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Since the late 1990s, the event has become a regular event on the local calendar.
Thunderbolts Festival is supported by Uralla Shire Council and the Rotary Club, and is a major fundraiser for local community groups.
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"It's the opportunity for those local organisations to raise funds for their cause, and we try our best to to contain most of the money in the local economy to give it a boost," organiser Bev Stubblefield said.
Other events are now held at the same time, to be included with the Thunderbolts Festival.
On Saturday afternoon, local motorcyclists the Oxley Riders rode their Bail Up Poker Run, finishing at the Top Pub, then local mediaeval combat group, the New England Renegades, held what was billed as the largest historical mediaeval battle in the Southern Hemisphere.
Eighty warriors - from China, New Zealand, and Australia - fought (not to the death, fortunately!) in a tourney behind the Bowling Club on Saturday evening.