Denmark’s annual Bushfire Ready weekend took over the small town last weekend, filling the main street with trucks and bright yellow uniforms in an effort to get the community ready for bushfire season.
The weekend stretched over three days and three distinct events, starting off with the community sundowner at the Denmark Hotel on Friday night with meteorologist Gianni Colangelo coming along as a special guest.
Strickland Street was closed to cars and instead filled with fire trucks and other emergency vehicles on Saturday, and the community flocked to the town’s main street to get up close to some of the gear used out on the job, and meet some of the volunteers who work so hard to protect their community.
Dark clouds on the horizon did not dampen the enthusiasm for the ever-popular fire truck trail, with plenty of locals coming through the street all the way until the event finished at 1pm.
Local businesses and organisations also set up stalls along the street for attendees to get more information about local services available to help them get ready for bushfire season.
On Sunday, the trucks descended on the Denmark Senior High School oval for the annual bushfire brigade games, with local volunteer teams putting on a show as they battled to see who would be crowned Denmark’s top brigade.
Mt Lindesay emerged the winners, managing to fend off some stiff competition and hold onto their title for another year.
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