Colac's biggest festival is the Kana festival and in 2007 it
celebrated it's 50th anniversary. Originally the festival was
known as the Kanyana festival, an indigenous word which had the
same meaning as
Melbourne's Moomba Festival- "lets get together and have
fun". Over the 50 years there have been many format changes but
the meaning has never changed.
The highlight of the festival is the huge
street parade down
Colac's main street Murray Street. Thousands of people young
and old pack the street for this wonderful display of colour,
music and fun.
Colac is only an hours
drive from the centre of Geelong
The fun then moves to
Colac's main
square- Memorial Square where there is a wealth of
entertainment, food and good times. There are jumping castles,
community groups performing and the old favorites like face
painting, sausage sizzles and some local beer and wine for the
adults to try.
The 2007 event featured a fantastic new
event with the running of the Inaugural Colac Billy Cart
Grand Prix. Here teams of parents and children battle it out
to be the Grand Prix Champions of Colac.
Colac is about
an hours drive south west of
Geelong along
the Princes Highway and has plenty to offer.
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