Shade and iced drinks were the two most popular commodities at this year’s Bulga Beats Festival as the autumn heatwave made its presence felt.
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Now in its second year the festival is designed to promote all that is great about the Bugla community.
Bulga, the small village near Singleton, has become internationally known as the community that took on mining giant Rio Tinto in a bid to stop the company expanding its nearby Warkworth open cut coal mine.
In a battle now lasting six years members of the Bulga Milbrodale Progress Association have won two court battles and are now taking the mine’s expansion plans back to court in their third bid to stop mine from coming ever closer to the village and mining the endangered Warkworth Sands Woodlands.
The festival is used to raise funds for the legal battle and to prove Bulga has a live and beating heart.
Singer Luke O’Shea who performed on Saturday night said it was important to save the village and community.
“If everyone does what they can then this community can win their battle. I have added by voice to their campaign,” he said.
“It does’t matter how small a part you play just play a part so everyone can have say about our future.”
