Our region has some really terrific signature events such as Taree's EnviroFair and the upcoming Festival of the Sun at Port Macquarie.
But remember, events don't just happen - they start as ideas, and then need to be built, managed and maintained! There are volunteers to be mustered and money to raised, bands to be booked and the food tents locked in.
In this episode of Tales of the Valley you'll meet RosÃe Smith, a real driving force behind the development of our vibrant annual event calendar. Her work takes her around the country, away from her family but her heart is both in her event management work as well as here in the Manning Valley.