THE POST/SUN, Wednesday, October 30, 2024 - Page 1
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Wednesday, October 30, 2024
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Motorfest driving Missing woman found major tourism boom after a week Kiki survives snake bite, located on Nungar Creek Trail
By MELINDA CAIRNS HACK
READY TO ROAR: Cooma Car Club members are looking forward to holding Cooma Motorfest on Saturday. The event is set to bring thousands to town for the region’s largest motoring festival. PHOTO: Nathan Thompson
By NATHAN THOMPSON
SPRING is definitely events season in the Snowy Monaro, and come Saturday, thousands will pour through the Cooma Showground gates for Motorfest. Cooma Motorfest has become the region’s largest motoring festival and is the pride and joy of the Cooma Car Club. The not-for-profit organisation is a major player
in the region’s tourism sector with Motorfest and last year’s Land Rover 75th anniversary gathering in Cooma, generating tens of thousands of dollars for the local economy. “Motorfest is a favourite for the car club. We have worked hard over many years to turn the event into something special,” Cooma Car Club life member, Rogan Corbett, said. “We love our town and
region, and by holding events like Motorfest, we help bring visitors in. “Our cafes, accommodation providers, and shops do well when Motorfest is on. This Saturday, we expect thousands will come to Cooma for the event.” The event, held every two years, attracts hundreds of vintage and classic cars, motorbikes, trucks and stationary engines.
The 2024 edition will have a Gatsby theme with the Cooma Multi-function Centre to be transformed back into the 1920s. Motorfest will take place on Saturday November 2 at the Cooma Showground. Mr Corbett said one of the highlights will be a themed indoor display of rare and unique vehicles dating from 1907 to 1936.
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A WOMAN missing in Koscuiszko National Park for more than a week has been found. Police officially began inquiries into the whereabouts of Lovisa “Kiki” Sjoberg on October 21 after a hire car company advised the vehicle she rented had not been returned on the due date. The vehicle was subsequently located unlocked in a car park at Kiandra in the Snowy Mountains. On Sunday October 28, just before 5pm, Ms Sjoberg was located on Nungar Creek Trail, Kiandra, and treated at the scene by paramedics for a suspected snake bite, dehydration and exposure, then transported to Cooma Hospital. The intensive search and rescue operation involved officers from Monaro Police District with assistance from the mounted unit, dog unit, State Emergency Service, National Parks and Wildlife Service, Rural Fire Service and a Surf Life Saving helicopter, as well as many locals on horseback or by foot. Family and friends were relieved to hear the news Ms Sjoberg had finally been found alive, after search efforts had initially proved unsuccessful. Ms Sjoberg has been described as an intensely private person, who spends a lot of time in the mountains photographing and observing the brumbies.
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