TREE PLANTING: Father and daughter, Jon and Estelle Dee had the honour of planting a tree along Burrangong Creek as part of an annual tradition during Young’s Australia Day celebrations.
SNAGS: Rotary Club members Murray Napier, Terry Norwood, Cliff Sheridan cook up a tasty breakfast barbeque.
FUN: Mikayla Scott (5), Madie Scott (7), Rebecca Scott, Geoff the Chef and Wenona Langhurst.
PROUD AUSSIES: Mother and daughter duo Chris Hambrook and Jean Whitehouse.
AUSSIE SPIRIT: Steve and Cassie Boland, Molly Craggs-Unwin, Liz Boland and Sarah Craggs certainly didn’t hold back from showing their Aussie spirit during the Australia Day celebrations in Carrington Park on Saturday.
FAMILY: People of all ages headed down to Carrington Park on Saturday for Australia, including (from left to right) Anna (6) and Campbell Harden (10), Jorja Gibson (2), Brydee Harden (8), Neil Wilkes and Archie Gibson (4).
JUST DANCE: The dancers from Karen Leez School of Dance – Maddi Ryan, Isabel Gahan, Christina Hanley, Ciara Fitzgerald, Lara Kirkwood and Courtney Martin – entertained the crowd at the Australia Day celebrations.
ENTERTAINMENT: Karen Leez School of Dance kept the crowds entertained during the Australia Day celebrations in Carrington Park, Young.
PERFORMANCE: Karen Leez School of Dance members.
ANTHEM: Local soprano Julie O’Connor sang the National Anthem during the Australia Day celebrations in Carrington Park.
SENIOR SPORTSPERSON: Councillor Ben Cooper presented clay target shooter 19-year-old Matt Schiller with the prestigious title of Young’s Senior Sportsperson of the Year award during the Australia Day celebrations in Carrington Park on Saturday.
JUNIOR SPORTSPERSON: Councillor John Walker announced amateur golfer 17-year-old Joel Shields Young’s Junior Sportsperson of the Year award.
COMMUNITY SERVICE - ORGANISATION AWARD: Councillor John McGregor awarded Meals on Wheels chairperson Gerry Bailey and service manager Julie Leoflath the Community Service - Organisation award for the service’s 50 year presence in Young.
GIFT: Woolworths assistant store manager Shaun Balzan (right) thanked Young's Australia Day ambassador Jon Dee for coming to the town for the celebrations.
RECOGNISED: Councillor Brian Mullany presented volunteer junior rugby league coach Wenona Longhurst the Community Service - Individual award at the Australia Day ceremony in Carrington Park on Saturday.
BUSINESS OF THE YEAR: Acting general manager Craig Filmer awarded Michael and Corinne Rolls from MBS Building Supplies the Business of the Year award.
TOP AWARDS: Mayor Stuart Freudenstein presented Lauren Peek the Mayoral Award.
TOP JUNIOR: Nikela Coulter’s grandmother Barbara Arabin accepted the Junior Citizen of the Year award from Councillor Sandy Freudenstein on behalf of her granddaughter.
CAKE CUTTING: Councillor Sandy Freudenstein watched Young’s Australia Day ambassador Jon Dee and his daughter Estelle Dee cut the Australia Day cake in Carrington Park.
AWARD WINNERS: Several of the Australia Day award winners in Young pictured with councillors, Young's Visitor Information and Tourist Centre staff, Australia Day ambassador Jon Dee (centre) and event MC Greg Broderick (far right).
FAMILY: In-laws Wenona Longhurst and Julie Leoflath thought it was a great opportunity to have their photo taken to give to their children.
AUSSIE AUSSIE AUSSIE: The warm conditions on Saturday provided the perfect backdrop for Australia Day celebrations in Carrington Park, and the perfect opportunity for people to get right into the Aussie spirit, like youngsters Clancy (2) and Matilda (7) Keenan.
FAMILY TIME: Harper (5), James, Bonnie (2) and Jimmy (7) Cronin.
CITIZEN OF THE YEAR (left): Young’s Australia Day ambassador Planet Ark founder and influential environmentalist Jon Dee presented a quiet spoken Evelyn Hardy the Young Citizen of the Year award during the Australia Day celebrations in Carrington Park on Saturday.
CULTURE: Cr Brian Ingram awarded Josie Johnson from the Young and District Multicultural Association the Cultural Award.
HAPPY VEGEMITES: Di Lincoln and Rotary President Jenny Somerset.
FIRST TIME TO YOUNG: It was Young's Australia Day ambassador Jon Dee's and his family, wife Leanne and daughters Estelle (9) and Claudia (5) first time to our fair town.
