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Popular Parade

Another popular and successful Christmas Parade was staged down town on the morning of November 25. Hordes of children and crowds of adults lined Gladstone Road to see the magnificent floats, crazy clowns and novelty riders taking part in the procession.

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Donald Duck intrigued the hundreds of spectators.

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Santa Claus with his two assistants.

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Santa in his "sleigh".

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Five wondering faces.

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Variety is the spice of life and also of parades it seems.

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One of the many marching teams taking part was the Orange Grovettes.

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The Keystone Cop is John Dwight.

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A couple of the crazy clowns.

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They really looked the part.

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This Mad Movies' team was "filming" . . .

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. . . this mad Chaplinesque movie!

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This spectacular float was entered by Common Shelton Ltd.

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The Civic Band was one of many providing the stirring music.

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Another rowdy clown.

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A friendly brown bear.

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The John Monk trick car!

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The Bank of New South Wales' gaily decorated float.

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Adairs' float depicted the story of "The Snow Queen."

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This fearsome dragon pursued the Rotaract float for the whole of the parade.

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The Vintage Car Club's "Noddy's Taxi" delighted the hundreds of children

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The Konrad Q Zetes marched with parade-like precision

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