On Monday, March 25, Crystal Brook was very fortunate to have been involved in a series of Community Opportunity Workshops run by Rural Aid Australia & the Bank of IDEAS.

Christmas Pageant 2023 – What a Night!
The weather was perfect & the event began with the judging of the Decorated Bikes Competition, held in the Post Office Car Park. Lots of glitter & sparkles were riding around .A big thank you to our judge Glenys Hall. The bikes participated in a “Hot Lap” of the Pageant route, ably lead by special guest rider “Elf Gen”.

Crystal Brook Christmas Pageant -Friday 15th December 2023.
4.00pm Bowman Street Closed to Traffic
6.00pm Celebrations Begin
6.30pm Pageant Begins

The weather was perfect & a huge crowd enjoyed the 144th Annual Crystal Brook Show on Saturday August 12th. The estimated crowd of more than 5000 streamed through the gates from 9am until late in the day.

Merriton cattle breeders Lin, Maureen, Sam, Jade, Adele & Eliza Inglis recently won Grand Champion Carcase in Australia’s largest grass-fed beef competition held in Penola.

ANZAC Day, 108 Years on. On April25, 6.15am we stopped to pay tribute to all the ANZAC’s, past, present & future. We also paid tribute to all our Vietnam Veterans & those who never made it home. It is 50 years this year since the last troops came home.

This year we celebrate 150 years since land was opened up for agricultural settlement and after 150 years there are still a few families on their original farms.

At the Australia Day Award Ceremony, two worthy recipients and one worthy event were names the Citizen, Junior Citizen and Event of the Year for Crystal Brook.