On Sunday 29th May 2022, after many postponements Harvest Festival was celebrated at Fairfield Showgrounds by FOIA and HSS volunteers with traditional pomp and grandeur. It was a blessing as the day was shiny and we had over 1000 people visit. Everyone saw the beautiful Rangoli competition entries on arrival before proceeding to parade of sari and jewellery stalls. They then weaved through Telugu, Kannada, Gujrati (BAPS), Punjabi, and Marathi stalls demonstrating how Harvest festival is celebrated vying for Best Stall and Best Dressed awards. Traditional Pongal prasaada was prepared as they seated themselves to watch the cultural program with over 67 participants singing, dancing and playing instruments. The children busied themselves with kite flying workshop, learning kabadi and kho kho, playing with farm animals at the petting zoo and jumping castles. When the Minister, deputy mayor and councillors arrived, they were walked in by Kerala drummers, watched Sydney Sanskrit school chant the Surya Mandala sthotram before he was felicitated. Plenty of food trucks replenished everyone’s hunger and thirst so they enjoyed themselves till late afternoon…. Lots of volunteers stayed back to help in the wind up, which made the festival truly memorable. Looking forward to next year