{"id":9258,"date":"2019-12-04T10:36:02","date_gmt":"2019-12-04T00:36:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wotif.com\/vc\/blog\/?p=9258"},"modified":"2020-04-02T07:31:29","modified_gmt":"2020-04-01T21:31:29","slug":"festival-of-snags","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wotif.com\/vc\/blog\/nsw\/events\/festival-of-snags\/","title":{"rendered":"That\u2019s a wrap! 7 reasons Mudgee\u2019s Festival of Snags was epic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Saturday, Wotif launched the Festival of Snags in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wotif.com\/Mudgee-Hotels.d6353200.Travel-Guide-Hotels?brandcid=WOTIF-au.display.WOTIFINSIDER.DEC-19-FOS-WRAP-UP-AU.generic&amp;utm_source=WOTIFINSIDER&amp;utm_medium=display&amp;utm_content=all&amp;utm_campaign=DEC-19-FOS-WRAP-UP-AU\">Mudgee, NSW<\/a> after a four-month-long initiative designed to get more Aussies travelling in their own backyard. And what a banger of a day it was! It was amazing&#8230; and delicious&#8230; and hilarious&#8230; and way too much fun. Here are some of our highlights from the day.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-9261\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/stateless-www-wotif-com\/2019\/12\/649cfa18-festival-of-snags-22.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" \/><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 10px;\">1. The delicious snags<\/h2>\n<p>Hey, it wouldn\u2019t be a Festival of Snags without them! Some of the region\u2019s best butchers set up shop and got serving some seriously tasty snags. Think a massive backyard BBQ, except that every sausage was cooked to perfection \ud83d\udcaf \ud83d\udc4d Just have a look at these babies:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_9270\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9270\" style=\"width: 790px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-9270\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/stateless-www-wotif-com\/2019\/12\/2238b07f-festival-of-snags-13.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9270\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">More snags than you can shake a sauce bottle at.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Big thanks to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.s-smeats.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">S&amp;S Meats<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/mudgeelamb.com.au\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mudgee Lamb<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PerryStreetMeats\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Perry Street Meats<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Gulgong-Butchery-207626585916037\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gulgong Butchery<\/a> for keeping everyone\u2019s tummies full and taste buds satisfied. Everything we ate was delish (and we ate a looooot), but some of our absolute faves were:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>S&amp;S Meats\u2019 spicy swine \u2013 a yummy pork sausage with jalapeno and smoked mozzarella<\/li>\n<li>Perry Street Meat\u2019s lamb, honey and rosemary sausage<\/li>\n<li>Gulgong Butchery\u2019s cheese and Vegemite sausage<\/li>\n<li>Perry Street Meat\u2019s Mudgee Mud sausage (made with the Mudgee Brewing Co.\u2019s incredible Mudgee Mud imperial stout)<\/li>\n<li>Mudgee Lamb\u2019s vegetarian sausage<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Naturally, amazing snags call for amazing snag toppings. That\u2019s why we had an epic Pimp Your Snag condiment station, courtesy of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.milnesofmudgee.com.au\/shop\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Milnes of Mudgee<\/a>. Chunky homemade tomato sauce, sweet onion relish, creamy coleslaw, spicy hot sauce, whipped feta \u2013 you name it, they had it!<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_9272\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9272\" style=\"width: 790px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-9272\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/stateless-www-wotif-com\/2019\/12\/d0dfd76d-festival-of-snags-11.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9272\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Seriously pimped snags, courtesy of Milnes of Mudgee.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 style=\"margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 10px;\">2. The fun, games and fierce competition<\/h2>\n<p>Snags are intrinsically silly \u2013 that\u2019s just a fact. So, of course a Festival of Snags would have some hilarious games and competitions. The Game of Snags arena was home to inflatable snag jousting, floppy snag tossing, pass-the-snag tong relays, and giant snag races (which were all about as dignified as they sound \ud83e\udd23), while the Chipolatas Kids Zone played host to a giant bouncy obstacle course, a petting zoo, face painting and a huge colouring-in wall. It was literally fun for the whole family!<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_9266\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9266\" style=\"width: 790px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-9266\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/stateless-www-wotif-com\/2019\/12\/4739fe20-festival-of-snags-17.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9266\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Snagiator snag jousting.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_9273\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9273\" style=\"width: 790px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-9273\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/stateless-www-wotif-com\/2019\/12\/86721a7b-festival-of-snags-10.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9273\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Making new friends at the petting zoo.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_9278\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9278\" style=\"width: 790px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-9278\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/stateless-www-wotif-com\/2019\/12\/98e787cc-festival-of-snags-5.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9278\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Awesome face painting.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_9274\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9274\" style=\"width: 790px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-9274\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/stateless-www-wotif-com\/2019\/12\/0ce2f20c-festival-of-snags-9.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9274\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A bouncy obstacle course!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>But fun and games aren\u2019t all, well, fun and games! The Festival of Snags saw some fierce competition as well, with snag-tying and snag-eating contests. In the snag-tying event, seasoned (pun only somewhat intended \ud83d\ude1c) butchers pitted themselves against each other and the clock to see who could tie the most snags in a minute. The speed was blistering, but there could be only one winner \u2013 and Mudgee Lamb took the gold.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_9264\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9264\" style=\"width: 790px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-9264\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/stateless-www-wotif-com\/2019\/12\/c35ab343-festival-of-snags-19.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9264\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Victory!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In the snag-eating event, two panels of hungry (yep, I said it) competitors faced off to see who could eat the most snags in a minute and win the coveted title of Snag King or Snag Queen. And let me tell you, it\u2019s a LOT harder than it looks. I know because I myself competed in the women\u2019s round. Yep, that\u2019s me with the purple hair, chewing with my game face on:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_9281\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9281\" style=\"width: 790px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9281\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/stateless-www-wotif-com\/2019\/12\/d5bc0625-festival-of-snags-2.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"1072\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9281\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">I\u2019ve got this \ud83d\ude0e<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>And this is me once I realised I\u2019d made a huge mistake:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_9280\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9280\" style=\"width: 790px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9280\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/stateless-www-wotif-com\/2019\/12\/08acd149-festival-of-snags-3.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"1072\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9280\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wait&#8230; No&#8230; No, I don\u2019t got this \ud83d\ude35<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>My partner and teammates were so proud.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_9267\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9267\" style=\"width: 790px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-9267\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/stateless-www-wotif-com\/2019\/12\/1e6f0918-festival-of-snags-16.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9267\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Snag-eating contest \u2013 men\u2019s round.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_9283\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9283\" style=\"width: 790px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9283\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/stateless-www-wotif-com\/2019\/12\/68373b55-festival-of-snags-23.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"1198\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9283\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">All hail the Snag King and Queen, Emma White from Wagga and Norman Stoffers from Mudgee!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>But the most exciting competition of the day was arguably the simple Snag a Holiday lucky draw. Everyone who attended the festival had a chance to enter their details to go in the running to win $3000 towards their next Wotif.com holiday. Big congrats to our lucky winner, Tanya Sutherland!<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_9268\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9268\" style=\"width: 790px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-9268\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/stateless-www-wotif-com\/2019\/12\/3ca130cc-festival-of-snags-15.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9268\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Snag a Holiday winner Tanya Sutherland with Wotif Managing Director Daniel Finch.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 style=\"margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 10px;\">3. Our fave Aussie personalities<\/h2>\n<p>We were stoked to have internet sensation Hi Josh and Aussie broadcasting legend Ken Sutcliffe as our MCs for the day. And we were thrilled to host South Sydney Rabbitohs players Campbell Graham and Adam Doueihi, who spent the day signing autographs and chatting with fans.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_9275\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9275\" style=\"width: 790px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-9275\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/stateless-www-wotif-com\/2019\/12\/464e3423-festival-of-snags-8.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9275\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Once a sports journo, always a sports journo. Ken Sutcliffe with Rabbitohs players Campbell Graham and Adam Doueihi \ud83c\udfc9<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_9276\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9276\" style=\"width: 790px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-9276\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/stateless-www-wotif-com\/2019\/12\/4e80777f-festival-of-snags-7.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9276\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hi Josh with Cara George, CEO of the Mudgee Tourism Board, at the snag-tasting competition.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_9271\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9271\" style=\"width: 791px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-9271\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/stateless-www-wotif-com\/2019\/12\/643344db-festival-of-snags-12.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"801\" height=\"535\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9271\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Adam Doueihi and Campbell Graham meet some fans.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 style=\"margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 10px;\">4. Getting behind 200 Bales<\/h2>\n<p>The Festival of Snags wasn\u2019t just heaps of fun \u2013 it was for a good cause too. Lions Club Mudgee donated all the fundraising profits from its activities at the festival \u2013 think gold coin donations, a meat tray raffle and fun merch \u2013 to 200 Bales, a local initiative doing its best to get farmers and landholders through the drought.<\/p>\n<p>Wotif also made the call to cancel our planned evening fireworks and instead donate $10,000 to 200 Bales. Fireworks are great, but with much of the region doing it tough with the ongoing drought, we felt it was only right to support those in need.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_9282\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9282\" style=\"width: 790px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-9282\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/stateless-www-wotif-com\/2019\/12\/e0f55d37-festival-of-snags-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9282\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wotif Managing Director Daniel Finch presents 200 Bales with a cheque for $10,000 \ud83d\ude32<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 style=\"margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 10px;\">5. ALLLLLL the food and wine<\/h2>\n<p>Hey, the day wasn\u2019t just about the snags! The Mudgee region is famous for all its incredible food and wine \u2013 and the Festival of Snags was a perfect opportunity to show it off. There was everything from cheese and dips to craft brew, from gourmet cordials to yummy gelatos. Here were some of our faves:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.milnesofmudgee.com.au\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Milnes of Mudgee<\/a>\u2019s incredible picnic hampers and amazing relishes and sauces! We seriously recommend their spiced onion relish \ud83e\udd24<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/firstridge.com.au\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">First Ridge Wine<\/a>\u2019s brilliant Vermentino (light, fresh and waaay too easy to drink).<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/roth.net.au\/\">Roth Family Orchard<\/a>\u2019s sweet and refreshing cherry spritzer, made with their festive cherry cordial. We were also keen to try their <a href=\"https:\/\/roth.net.au\/2019\/11\/27\/cherry-bbq-christmas-treats-at-the-wotif-festival-of-the-snag-this-saturday\/\">cherry wood BBQ chips<\/a> \u2013 imagine the flavour!<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/smokinbroandco\/\">Smokin Bro and Co.<\/a>\u2019s drool-inducing BBQ brisket burger with crisps and pickles.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.elephantmountain.com.au\/\">Elephant Mountain<\/a>\u2019s awesome Nell Ros\u00e9 (with yummy notes of strawberry and blackcurrant).<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bankcornerwineandgelatobar\/\">Bank Corner Wine &amp; Gelato Bar<\/a>\u2019s gorgeous gelatos and sorbets. We especially loved the caramel and fig gelato and the dairy-free strawberry sorbet.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bunnamagoowines.com.au\/\">Bunnamagoo Estate<\/a>\u2019s excellent Pinot Noir Chardonnay.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mudgeebrewing.com.au\/\">Mudgee Brewing Co.<\/a>\u2019s fantastic Galaxy Pale Ale and Mudgee Mud imperial stout. The Mud is smooth, creamy and chocolatey \u2013 probably the best I\u2019ve ever tasted \ud83d\ude0d<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/kookaburrafarmkitchen\/\">Kookaburra Estate Farm Kitchen<\/a>\u2019s seriously tempting handmade bickies, sweet treats and ice-cream sundaes \ud83c\udf68<\/li>\n<li>Pizza on Wheels for their food-coma-inducing pizza creations, including everything from vegetarian options to classic Hawaiian.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/theolivenest\/\">The Olive Nest<\/a>\u2019s wonderful chilli-infused and truffle-infused olive oils, scrummy Kalamata olives, and amazing caramelised apple balsamic.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/guneemoorooestate.com.au\/fullscreen\/home\/\">Guneemooroo<\/a>\u2019s award-winning Red Dog organic Ros\u00e9.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/lindaschillirelish.com.au\/\">Linda\u2019s Original<\/a> hot sweet chilli relish and sweet chilli relish with lime and ginger (wot can we say? We like it hot \ud83c\udf36\ufe0f).<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mudgeehoneyhaven.com.au\/\">Mudgee Honey Haven<\/a>\u2019s amazing creamed and gourmet honeys \ud83d\udc1d<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gooreepark.com\/\">Gooree Park Wines<\/a>\u2019 outstanding Crowned Glory Shiraz.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MyThaiMudgee\/\">My Thai Mudgee<\/a>\u2019s fab stir-fries (just the thing for a flavourful veggie hit \ud83d\udc4d).<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thistlehill.com.au\/thistle-hill\/\">Thistle Hill Wines<\/a>\u2019 organic (and delightful!) Nine Bunches Riesling and Low-Preservative Chardonnay (trust us, your head will thank you in the morning \ud83d\ude09).<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.littlecookingschoolmudgee.com.au\/\">The Little Cooking School<\/a>\u2019s awesome cooking demonstrations, especially the giant sausage roll! Wot a great way to trick the kids into eating their veg \ud83d\ude32<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 style=\"margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 10px;\">6. The great music and entertainment<\/h2>\n<p>It wouldn\u2019t be a festival without entertainment, and the Festival of Snags line-up was a serious winner. Local musos <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pete.van.sint.jan\/\">Peter Van Sint Jan<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.triplejunearthed.com\/artist\/karl-christoph\">Karl Christoph<\/a> got the day started with some chilled-out tunes and classic covers, then the talented youngsters of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.danceunlimitedmudgee.com\/\">Mudgee\u2019s Dance Unlimited<\/a> got a chance to show off their skills.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_9279\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9279\" style=\"width: 790px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-9279\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/stateless-www-wotif-com\/2019\/12\/2fd614c8-festival-of-snags-4.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9279\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dance Unlimited have got the moves!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>As the afternoon faded into the evening, we settled in with some bevvies and kicked back to Bathurst alt-country\/folk duo <a href=\"https:\/\/www.smithandjones.net\/\">Smith &amp; Jones<\/a>. Hello, relaxation!<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_9269\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9269\" style=\"width: 790px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-9269\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/stateless-www-wotif-com\/2019\/12\/d7726f2c-festival-of-snags-14.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9269\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Smith &amp; Jones bring the sweet country vibes \ud83c\udfb6<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>But we didn\u2019t stay kicked-back for long! At 7.30pm, it was time for the headline act: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.furnapalooza.com\/\">Furnace and the Fundamentals<\/a>, a high-energy party band from Sydney who play THE most epic covers you\u2019ve ever heard. Think super-powered medleys of all the best songs and artists from the last 40 years. We\u2019re talking everything from \u2018Crazy in Love\u2019 to \u2018Bohemian Rhapsody\u2019. The crowd went wild&#8230; and so did we.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_9277\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9277\" style=\"width: 790px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-9277\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/stateless-www-wotif-com\/2019\/12\/be29f26e-festival-of-snags-6.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9277\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Furnace and the Fundamentals rock the house (well, festival).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_9277\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9277\" style=\"width: 791px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-9262 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/stateless-www-wotif-com\/2019\/12\/c501fe83-festival-of-snags-21.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"801\" height=\"535\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9277\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Getting our dance on.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 style=\"margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 10px;\">7. YOU!<\/h2>\n<p>Thank you to everyone who came to the Festival of Snags and helped make it the super awesome day it was. You\u2019re all stars \ud83c\udf1f Make sure you check out our full <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/wotif\/posts\/10157069956049538?\">Festival of Snags photo album<\/a> on Facebook to see if you made it into any of our pics \ud83d\udcf8<\/p>\n<p>And don\u2019t forget to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wotif.com\/?brandcid=WOTIF-au.display.WOTIFINSIDER.DEC-19-FOS-WRAP-UP-AU.generic&amp;utm_source=WOTIFINSIDER&amp;utm_medium=display&amp;utm_content=all&amp;utm_campaign=DEC-19-FOS-WRAP-UP-AU\">get travelling in your own backyard<\/a> to discover more awesome Aussie towns like Mudgee!<\/p>\n<a class='vw-button vw-button--primary  vw-button--full-width' href='https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/wotif\/posts\/10157069956049538?' target='_self'><i class=\"vw-icon icon-entypo-suitcase\"><\/i> CHECK OUT THE FESTIVAL OF SNAGS PHOTO ALBUM <\/a>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Saturday, Wotif launched the Festival of Snags in Mudgee, NSW after a four-month-long initiative designed to get more Aussies travelling in their own backyard. And what a banger of a day it was! It was amazing&#8230; and delicious&#8230; and hilarious&#8230; and way too much fun. Here are some of our highlights from the day. &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":9321,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[771,776],"tags":[559,612,657,674,673,672,65],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wotif.com\/vc\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9258"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wotif.com\/vc\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wotif.com\/vc\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wotif.com\/vc\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wotif.com\/vc\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9258"}],"version-history":[{"count":21,"href":"https:\/\/www.wotif.com\/vc\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9258\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9322,"href":"https:\/\/www.wotif.com\/vc\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9258\/revisions\/9322"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wotif.com\/vc\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9321"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wotif.com\/vc\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9258"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wotif.com\/vc\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9258"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wotif.com\/vc\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9258"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}