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Main St shopkeepers embraced the event and had window displays By Ellen Hill for Lithgow City Council      Photos: Ben Pearse and David Hill More than 27,000 Draculas, skeletons, goblins, fairies and other fantasy characters converged on the town of Lithgow for its annual Halloween monster mash last Saturday (October 31). More than 27,000 locals and visitors attended As well as much of the local community, several thousand visitors from out of town experienced one of the larg

Countess Pamela Pire will sink her teeth into local history during LithgowHalloween15 By Ellen Hill for Lithgow Tourism                         Photos: David Hill Transylvania royalty and the thrilling reincarnation of a charismatic pop superstar will entertain the crowds at LithgowHalloween15 on October 31. Oozing sass and Gothic glamour, Countess Pamela Pire Heiress to what was once the great Pire Coffers of Transylvania, esteemed Doctor of the Ology of undying and 1926 Tra

Fun fantasy characters like these from Lithgow Living History will mix with freaky faces at Lithgow Halloween By Ellen Hill for Lithgow Tourism             Photos: David Hill Crazy costumes, Trick or Treat fun and staying up late. Welcome to Halloween celebrations Lithgow style. Families will have a selection of dining options to choose from Organised and hosted by Lithgow City Council with support from local sponsors, the annual event will be particularly geared towards fami

(l-r) Lithgow Living History members Robyn Burton, Vicki Hartley, Ian Rufus and Alexa Burton bring Hartley Historic Site to life. By Ellen Hill for Hartley Historic Site                                                  Photos: David Hill Explore one of the best examples of colonial history afresh when Hartley Historic Site holds its annual Back to Hartley family fair on Sunday, October 25. Be entertained with live music by Lithgow Folk Club; take a trike or pony ride; have a

Halloween at Lithgow will be freaky fun for the whole family By Ellen Hill for Lithgow Tourism                    Photos: David Hill Macabre monsters, creepy clowns and scary skeletons can venture from the shadows and into the light when the town of Lithgow celebrates Halloween with a night of ghoulish glee on October 31. Halloween dress-up fun for all ages Featuring spectacular Vivid-style lighting displays and spooky decorations, the main shopping strip will be transformed

Metal artist Ron Fitzpatrick is inspired by the Tor of Hartley. By Ellen Hill                                              Photos: David Hill Hulking moodily over a remnant of the nation’s colonial past, a pile of rocks flung against the side of a hill just west of the Blue Mountains has been a magnet for artists for two centuries, creatively and literally. Known as Kew-Y-Ahn, Bells Rock or just The Tor, the granite rocks are embedded in the hill rising above Hartley Historic