As part of the East Gippsland Winter Festival this year, the Save the Snowy Rail Bridge group is celebrating the completion of Stage 1 of the bridge with a twilight cocktail event on Friday, July 18 out on the western end of the bridge, the adjacent Under Bridge Walk and nearby Snowy Floodplain Lookout.
They will be creating a fantastic mood with candles, fairy lights and feature lighting on the timber trestles, hot toddy-style drinks to keep your insides warm and fire pits to keep the outside warm. Delicious finger food from local cafes and some brilliant live music from some local musicians (where you can look down on the stage area from the bridge itself).
With limited parking available, tickets include transport out to the bridge and back from Orbost.
Funds raised from the event will support the ongoing work of Save the Snowy Rail Bridge Association to preserve and restore the much loved bridge.
You can get your tickets to the unique event through the East Gippsland Winter Festival website.
There is a whole weekend of winter festival events in Orbost and Marlo, so if you aren’t a local it is worth a weekend trip:
– Friday, July 18: Where the Wild Things are at Marlo Hotel from 8pm
– Saturday, July 19: Venture Out: Cycle to the Snowy – supported bike ride from Nowa Nowa to the Snowy Rail Bridge, 12.30pm-5pm
– Saturday, July 19: Sailors Grave Brewing: Deep in the Weeds at Dunetown, 5pm-11pm
– Sunday, July 20: Little Dip with Little Drift, a morning ocean swim at 8.30am
– Sunday, July 20: Sailors Grave Brewing: Sunday Bloody Sunday – a recovery breakfast following The Little Dip by The Little Drift, 9am-12pm
– Sunday, July 20: TLDR live music performance at the Orbost Arts Centre from 6pm.
For more information, head to the East Gippsland Winter Festival website.
