Steph Cooke MP
Member for Cootamundra

Tuesday, 6 October 2026 Barellan travelled back in time when the much-anticipated Good Old Days Festival returned over the long weekend at the Barellan Showground. Member for Cootamundra Steph Cooke with Bruce Bandy and Bernadette Bandy. The weekend was packed with heritage displays, family entertainment and authentic country experiences that showed why the Festival draws such huge crowds year after year. The Good Old Days Festival is recognised as one of Australia’s mo

​Tuesday, 27 September 2022  The ‘Good Old Days Festival’ is back again this October long weekend, with the event bigger and better than ever before thanks to the NSW Government’s Regional Events Acceleration Fund.    Member for Cootamundra Steph Cooke said it was fantastic for the Barellan Working Clydesdales Committee to have secured $56,835 in funding to support this iconic event.     “I know locals and visitors alike will come out in droves to support this year’s event,