Slim Dusty Day was celebrated in style on the Queen’s Birthday holiday on Monday June 13.
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Visitors, fans, volunteers and staff along with Slim’s wife Joy McKean and daughter Anne Kirkpatrick attended the Slim Dusty Centre in South Kempsey for the annual celebration.
The Slim Dusty Centre commemorated the special day with the launch of a new exhibition “The Slim Dusty Movie” exhibition in the Nulla Nulla Gallery – a behind the scenes peek at the props, costumes, stills and movie footage, with visitors taking the opportunity to have their photos taken with a clapper board prop on the set of the exhibition.
Visitors also enjoyed the wandering musicians, guided tours of the museum and the great food and sausage sizzle.
The piece de resistance was the fabulous cake made by Slim Dusty Centre Café staff member Fiona, which Joy and Anne cut, and shared with the crowd.
Joy congratulated the centre’s curator Julia Morrell and her assistant, Anne Kirkpatrick for getting the Slim Dusty Movie exhibition open in time for Slim’s birthday celebrations.
“I look around at all the decorations all our visitors and think what a wonderful team we have here at the centre,” she said.
“Thank you to all the staff headed by Michele and Kate and to all the terrific volunteers who help keep the wheels turning at the Slim Dusty Centre”.
The Slim Dusty Movie Exhibition is on display until the end of August.
The Slim Dusty Centre is open seven days a week, except for Christmas Day and Good Friday, between 9am and 5pm Monday to Friday and 9.30am to 4.30pm Saturday and Sunday.
The Slim Dusty Museum is open between 10am and 4pm daily. Dusty’s Dinner Camp Café is open between 10am and 3pm and provides delicious lunches, morning and afternoon teas.